wanttaja@ssc-vax.UUCP (Ronald J Wanttaja) (09/04/84)
Sure, the Air Force's junkyard is at Davis-Monthan AFB in Arizona (?). Don't think they have too much left in WWII iron, except some C-47s. From what I've heard, it's not so easy getting a whole carcass out of the AF, the aircraft there are intended as reserve/parts supply or as scrap. They have stuff like T-34s and O-1s which are occasionally shipped out to CAP, the forest service, and other agencies. The US gov't has a policy of only selling operationally capable aircraft to friendly nations- this precludes selling an operational B-52 to a US citizen. Typically, when sold for scrap, they take a torch and cut through the main spar, before releasing the aircraft. Remember when the F-86 hit the ice cream parlor a few years back, it was revealed that the Sabre was released as scrap, and somebody had attempted to repair the spar.