Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
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My father, Richard Lockett, and I were escorted on a tour of the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposition Center (MASDC) at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base on November 12, 1973. Before the tour we visited the scrap yards south f the base. After the tour we took pictures of airplnaes in the landing pattern.
Douglas C-124 Globermaster II meets its fate in one of the scrap yards south of the Air Force Base.
Douglas C-124 Globermaster II
Jet engine, likely a J57.
Boeing 367-80 Stratoliner Prototype N70700 is the prototype of all Boeing jetliners. It is not a 707. It is a jet-powered development of the model 367 Stratofreighter (C-97). It carries construction number 17158. It has always been registered as N70700. It first flew on July 15, 1954. After serving as a testbed for a multitude of projects, it was retired to MASDC in 1969. It ia now on display at the Udvar Hazy Annex of the National Air and Space Museum.
Boeing 367-80 Stratoliner Prototype N70700
Boeing 367-80 Stratoliner Prototype N70700
Boeing 367-80 Stratoliner Prototype N70700
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress tail turret.
The SAC Badge adorning Boeing B-52E Stratofortress 57-0120.
Boeing B-52E Stratofortress 57-0105
Boeing NB-52A Stratofortress 52-0003
Close-up of the X-15 pylon on the Boeing NB-52A Stratofortress 52-0003
Boeing NB-52A Stratofortress 52-0003
Although the NB-52A had been retired four years earlier, the liquid oxygen system had been kept pressurized with nitrogen gas to prevent corrosion and allow for its return to service if the NB-52B needed replacing.
Search and rescue Boeing HC-97G Stratofreighter 53-0173 of the 303rd ARRS was built as a KC-97G. Its construction number is 16955. It was retired to MASDC as CH0527 on June 23, 1972.
Lockheed U-2R in the landing pattern.
Lockheed U-2R
Convair F-102A 54-1385 of the Idaho Air National Guard. It was later converted to a PQM-102A target drone.
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base is home to Fairshild-Republic A-10A Warthogs, Lockheed EC-130H Compass Call Hercules, Sikorsky UH-60A Blackhawks of the Customs and Border Protection Serice, and AMARG.p>
Edwards AFB displays.
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