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Reassembling ex-TTTE Tornado GR1 ZA361 at New York, Lincolnshire
(Image: Phantom OCU; Tornado GR1 ZA361 at New York, Lincolnshire) In addition to its role as a front-line Eurofighter Typhoon base and home of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, RAF Coningsby...
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Barnton Quarry: Cold War Edinburgh’s Abandoned Nuclear Bunker
(Image: Ben Cooper – website: Transient Places) Edinburgh’s Wild West and the mysterious subterranean Gilmerton Cove are proof that the Scottish capital, while rich in history and culture, also has...
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Urban Explorer Discovers Vintage Wartime Vehicles in ‘Abandoned’ Warehouse
(Image: Dan Raven) In true urban exploration fashion, photographer Dan Raven doesn’t divulge the locations of his most impressive discoveries – and there are plenty of them. Frustrating for some,...
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Airframe 777: What Became of the F-117 Stealth Fatigue Test Article?
(Image: Lockheed Martin/Tony Landis; F-117 fatigue test Airframe 777) After the F-117 Nighthawk, better known as the Stealth Fighter, was withdrawn from US Air Force service in 2008, the surviving...
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Scrapping a Grumman F-14 Tomcat (VIDEO)
(Image: via YouTube) It may have been one of the most successful and formidable fighter jets of the 20th century, not to mention the star of Top Gun, but stripped of its weapons systems, avionics,...
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Was a Top Secret Experimental Aircraft Buried at Area 51 in 1982?
(Image: USAF; Lockheed Have Blue demonstrator, now buried) In our popular 2013 article titled Top Secret Tombs: The Classified Stealth Aircraft Burial Grounds of Area 51, we cited an interview...
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11 Abandoned Fleet Air Arm Bases of the United Kingdom
(Image: Pembrokeshire Coast-o-graphs; RNAS Dale (HMS Goldcrest), Pembrokeshire) Last month, we took you on an impromptu tour of the abandoned Cold War airfields of RAF Germany, followed by a selection...
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The Simms Motor Scout & Other Eccentric Turn-of-the-Century Battle Vehicles
(Image: Iliffe Press; Simms’ Motor Scout at the Richmond Automobile Club Show, June 1899) Our Retro Fails series has delved into all manner of entertaining, eccentric inventions from wide-eyed...
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Exploring an Abandoned Military Vehicle Graveyard Somewhere in Europe
(Image: Maxime Cotte – website: MC Photographie) Photographed by urban explorer Maxime Cotte at an undisclosed European location, this overgrown automotive graveyard hides an amazing collection of...
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F-4J (UK) Phantom ZE360 Heads for the Manston Fire Pits
(Image: Britmodeller; forlorn Phantom F-4J (UK) ZE360 at Manston) Gutted of useful parts and parked within the confines of the Fire Service Central Training Establishment at the former RAF Manston...
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Tail Fin of Crashed Eurofighter Typhoon ZJ943 on Display at RAF Coningsby
(Image: Manx Norton; tail fin of crashed Typhoon FGR4 ZJ943 at RAF Coningsby) In April 2008, RAF Eurofighter Typhoon ZJ943 was written-off in a crash landing during a military exercise at NAWS China...
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This Massive Tank Graveyard Haunts a Clearing Somewhere in Europe
(Image: Maxime Cotte – website: MC Photographie; dozens of abandoned tanks stand in a clearing) Urban explorer and photographer Maxime Cotte (see Facebook) has documented a variety of impressive...
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The Unique Wartime Aircraft Collection that Spent 40 Years in a Texas Barn
(All images courtesy of Mike Fizer/AOPA; 40 years of hidden aviation history) Occasionally, an old warehouse, abandoned garage or aircraft hangar turns up a vintage treasure trove of almost...
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Abandoned Russian MiGs in an Obscure Moscow Aircraft Graveyard
(Image: Theo van Vliet; abandoned MiG-29 Fulcrum air superiority fighters) During the Cold War, the Soviet Union built hundreds of fighter, bomber and attack aircraft, many of them low-tech but rugged...
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Urban Explorer Photographs Vintage Tanks Abandoned in a European Forest
(Image: DARKstyle Pictures; M47 Patton tank abandoned in the forest) Urban Ghosts has featured a number of impressive tank and armoured vehicle graveyards in recent months, from vast war machine...
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The ‘Crashed’ Dassault Mirage III Fighter at Châteaudun Air Base
(Image: Theo van Vliet; inverted Mirage III wreck at Châteaudun Air Base) Opened in 1934 and located around 70 miles southwest of Paris, Châteaudun Air Base has seen its fair share of action over the...
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The Hollow Hulk of Sea Harrier ZE697 at the Abandoned RAF Binbrook
(Image: Richard Amor Allan; British Aerospace Sea Harrier ZE697 hulk at Binbrook) For anyone who remembers the heady days of the Lightnings as they scrambled low and fast off the Lincolnshire Wolds...
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Dive a Mysterious Sunken Combat Vehicle at the Bottom of the Gulf of Aqaba
(Image: ierdnall; sunken tank wreck dive beneath the waters of the Gulf of Aqaba) The location itself may not be as impressive as the watery resting place of the Imperial Japanese Navy’s fleet at the...
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Prototype Jaguar XW563 Preserved Outside Norfolk County Hall
(All images by .Martin.; preserved prototype Jaguar XW563 at Norwich) Many military bases across the world traditionally display ‘gate guardians’ at or near to their main entrances, often reflecting...
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The Lonely Wreckage of Crashed RF-4C Phantom 66-0459
(Image: Brian Standberry; wreckage from RF-4C Phantom 66-0459) Despite appearances, this seemingly-innocuous piece of torn metal – which lies on the ridge between Inadu Knob and Old Black, Tennessee’s...
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