Still wearing the markings of her last operational unit - Naval Air Facility, Keflavik, Iceland - this Liftmaster was retired to MASDC in Sept 1984. She reverted to the civil register in 1989 and is now recorded as N4163Q.
Believed to be B-52E serial 57-0136. If so she had been in storage at MASDC since 1970 and still counted as a strategic bargaining chip. Her hi-vis markings denote the glory days of SAC and she carries the bear's foot "Ducemus" badge of the 22nd BMW.
Another photo from my 1987 AMARC visit, this was a row of five Fairchild C-119L 'Flying Boxcars' with 53-8074 in the front. They had all last flown with Special Operations Squadrons, specifically with California, Rhode Island and West Virginia ANGs.
Then a rare surviving B-57C model, this Martin Canberra was last operated by the 134th DSES Vermont ANG and entered MASDC in late 1981. She was sold to National Aircraft Inc in June 1995.
This brightly coloured NB-52E was on display on AMARC's "Celebrity Row" when visited on Valentines Day 1987. She was used for testing control configured vehicle technology and the unique modifications are clearly visible. Sadly she was scrapped some years
Still sporting 20th BS titles, this B-52H is one of the first arrivals of the model at AMARG. Aircraft will be rotated in and out of the fleet following the reduction in fleet size.
This shrapnel spattered nose is believed to be from an SB-29 which was part destroyed at the China Lake ranges. She was used to donate parts to 'Doc', a B-29 being restored at Wichita. Located behind the Kansas Aviation Museum.
This HH-3A Sea King entered AMARC in 1990 and was well preserved when photographed in October 1994. Her last operator was HC-9 based at NAS North Island, San Diego, CA.