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Don´t forget it is also meant for returning them to the air in case of a major war. Now that might seem only a very remote possibility (and it probably is), but it is still far cheaper than maintaining a very huge air force, or building the planes when you actually do need them. It is like backing up your pictures. You probably never need it, but still you do it (well, most people anyway).Hanz wrote:kinda like it that they dont scrap them. everyone knows that these planes (99.99% of them) will never fly again. So storing them is fairly useless, if not for nostalgia. Hope they'll be preserved there forever and most of them will find a nice home in a museum somewhere. Some of them were sold in the past to air forces abroad. However, dont think anyone will buy a B-52 or a F-14 squadron... Nice pics!
