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All those modern Jet Fighter Planes...

posted 7 years ago by HomerParrish
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All those modern Jet Fighter Planes have been put through giant shredders and if were still in existence, would be as antiquated as the Zero's they shot down in the movie. What a strange thought.

[–] justxme 7 years ago

Wouldn't at least the Tomcats be stored in some boneyard like Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson?

http://www.passion-aviation.qc.ca/images/amarg07/tomcat_4.jpg

[–] Inspector81 7 years ago

Yes, and there are still plenty at museums around the U.S.A. Also I believe Iran still has some working F-14 Tomcats from the 80 that were sold to them before 1980. I've heard that a lot of them are in disrepair and Iran has sent spies to the boneyard in Tucson to steal parts unsuccessfully.

[–] CGSailor 7 years ago

With the exception of Designated museum pieces and display aircraft (planes on sticks)... All Tomcat Airframes and components were shredded specifically so that Iran cannot get ahold of spares on the bkack market or through espionage.

I joined the Navy to see the world, only to discover the world is 2/3 water!

[–] Hans-Wilhelm (1324) 7 years ago

I saw me a "Tomcat on a stick" this past summer at an air museum in Pensacola Florida. It isn't as big as the Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio but it was quite impressive. I enjoyed all of the model aircraft carriers they have to display the different types of carrier the U.S. has used.

[–] liscarkat (17106) 2 years ago

It is interesting to reflect that the movie was released thirty-nine years after the Pearl Harbor attack, and we are now (2022) forty-two years after the movie.