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The transport team shows off UH-1H 68-16179, recently transferred to Randall County Texas by the National Museum of the USAF as a static display. The team begain the transit from Tucson to Amarillo on Friday, Nov. 20 and anticipated a Saturday arrival after an overnight stop in Albuquerque, NM...
Trying to beat the high desert temps, Angie and Mike begin work early in the morning to seal an A-10 cockpit post a canopy removal. Both are assigned to AMARG's 578th Storage and Disposal Squadron. - August 18, 2015
A C-130 rudder priority parts removal.
A Priority Parts removal team assigned to the 577th Commodities and Reclamation Squadron (CMRS) at AMARG removes the last of four rudders required by the USAF.
Reclaimed C-130 rudder will be moved to AMARG's Woodmill for crating and expedited shipment...
MiGs invade Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum
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Two of the Polish-built LiMs stored at AMARG for more than 25 years, have departed for the Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum. LiM-2 (MiG-15), Serial No. 1B01205 and...
Sayonara BuNo 160020! This KC-130R, assigned to the Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan prior to a 2005 retirement, returned to the air this week as a prelude to a new career with the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. The sixth and last of the KC-130R JMSDF...
A-10C, 78-0631 departs AMARG for Whiteman AFB after undergoing the OBOGS (on-board oxygen generating system) upgrade.
The last A-10C, 78-0631, to undergo the OBOGS install at AMARG departed June 30, 2015 for its home station of Whiteman AFB, Missouri.
A-10C, 78-0631, departs AMARG on June...
NATO's first E-3A AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) to retire made a scheduled landing today at Davis-Monthan AFB. NATO has operated and maintained LX-N 90449 since the early 1980s and decided to retire the airframe before its scheduled Depot Level Maintenance in July--saving nearly...
3rd Sqdn 17th Cavalry Regiment's Last Flight of OH-58D Kiowas
The last seven OH-58D Kiowas from the 3rd Squadron 17th Cavalry Regiment arrived for storage today. - June 25, 2015
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A U.S. Marine and Navy "Tiger Team" comprised of personnel from Atsugi Japan to Oceana, Va., tandemly launched two F/A-18Cs today, bringing the number of regenerated F/A-18C aircraft to four since the team arrived in mid-April. A total of five aircraft were withdrawn from long-term storage.
Still reigning supreme after years of battlefield victories, AC-130H, Serial No. 69-6569, proudly roared into AMARG today...to rest. Nicknamed "Excalibur," for having the legendary strength of King Arthur's sword, the aircraft is said to be the last AC-130H to retire as well as the last to have...
Though parking in the shadow of "Excalibur," a victorious AC-130H war horse, this P-3C, BuNo 157329, carries an extraordinary history of its own--26,000 hours and 22,000 landings! Welcome aboard! - May 28, 2015