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Akrotiri’s Derelict F-4 Phantom set for Artificial Reef?
(All images (unless stated) by joeysepecat, reproduced with permission) Like a handful of other surviving ex-RAF F-4 Phantoms, the future of aircraft XV470 hangs in the balance. Wearing the faded...
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F-4 Phantom Wreck on the Camp Pendleton Ranges
(Images by Andrew Kolstad (via Flickr – top, bottom), reproduced with permission) Camp Pendleton, in Southern California’s San Diego County, is an vast Marine Corps base that encompasses an expansive...
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Snow Tips Vulcan Bomber XL319 into Dramatic ‘Takeoff’ Pose
(All images by Stephen Carr, reproduced with permission) Avro Vulcan B2 XL319′s retirement at Sunderland, UK, hasn’t always been easy. A combination of harsh weather, vandalism and the sheer expense of...
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The Infamous Vehicle Graveyard of Iraq’s Highway of Death
(Image: US Air Force, public domain) The Highway of Death – a six-lane road connecting Iraq to Kuwait that, over the course of a couple of days in February 1991, became a scene of carnage that has...
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Is Phantom XT907 Next on the MOD Chopping Block?
According to the British Phantom Aviation Group, F-4 Phantom XT907 is currently up for disposal at Chattenden, Kent, and awaiting its fate, which means one of two options – preservation or scrapping....
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Tornado ‘Fleet Leader’ ZA547 to Leeming for Scrap
(Image: Ben Montgomery Aviation Photography, reproduced with permission) In January we reported that Panavia Tornado ZA547 had notched up 7,500 flying hours, making it the ‘fleet leader’ with more...
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Classified Crashes: 6 Top Secret US Aircraft Reduced to Smouldering Wrecks
(Image: Federal Aviation Administration, public domain) It’s never a good thing when a country’s most classified aircraft are shot down or crash, both in terms of international relations and the danger...
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An Abandoned Tank Slowly Rusts Away on the Otterburn Ranges in Northern England
(Images (top, bottom) by Steve Boote @amblekingrat, reproduced with permission) Beautifully captured by photographer Steve Boote, this rusting tank is one of several defunct military vehicles sitting...
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Abandoned F-4 Phantom Awaits Scrapping at ‘The Boneyard’
(Image: Abandoned America, reproduced with permission) Loved by enthusiasts and revered by others, the F-4 Phantom family of fighters, reconnaissance, ground attack and, more recently, target drone...
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On the Hawker Hurricane Production Line in 1942
(Image: UK Government, public domain) It may not have been as fast or glamorous as its more famous counterpart the Spitfire. But the Hawker Hurricane‘s relatively low cost, simple construction and ease...
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UFO Spotted Over Edinburgh, Scotland
(All images: D. Pearson) Update – according to Reddit, this is the Scottish Cup Balloon (hovering happily above the Edinburgh Airport flight path!). It wasn’t a bird and we’re pretty sure it wasn’t a...
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Exploring Predannack Airfield’s Plane Graveyard
(Image: Dave Bellamy, reproduced with permission) Predannack Airfield has for many years been relegated to a satellite of nearby RNAS Culdrose – one of the few UK bases to retain the use of all three...
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The Sea Harrier Graveyard at Charlwood, Surrey
(Image: Rob Finch, reproduced with permission) There’s something slightly odd about the sight of reasonably up-to-date military aircraft – whose natural environment is the busy deck of an aircraft...
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Crashed Sea Harrier FA2 Set for Restoration
(Image via DaveBellamy.co.uk) A Royal Navy Sea Harrier that crashed more than 10 years ago is set to be restored to static display condition. The aircraft was until recently stored at Bournemouth...
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London’s T-34 Battle Tank that the Council Mistook for a Septic System
(Image: Eugene Goh, cc-sa-3.0) Some years ago, a property developer was annoyed to learn that a planning application he’d submitted for a small plot of land in south east London had been rejected....
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Dyson’s Dock: Area 51′s Super Secret ‘Museum’
(Image: Google Earth) Groom Lake, the highly classified US government test site in the Nevada Desert, known as Area 51, is one of the world’s most intriguing and best known military facilities. But...
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Sea Harrier ZH809 in Open Storage at Culdrose
(Image: eLaReF, reproduced with permission) Delivered in 1998, the bright blue ZH809 was a late production Sea Harrier FA2 that only flew for eight years, withdrawn from service in 2006 having clocked...
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The Withdrawn Fighter Plane Graveyard at Kuçovë Airbase, Albania
(Image: Rob Schleiffert, cc-sa-4.0) Once part of a closed military district, Kuçovë airbase remains one of the largest military airfields in Albania despite the grounding of its ageing aircraft fleet...
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Exploring the Rusting Hulk of French Warship Colbert
(All images by Boreally.org, reproduced with permission) Launched on 24 March 1956, the missile cruiser Colbert (C611) was a product of the Brest shipyards in Brittany, serving with the French Navy...
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Gjadër Air Base: Where Defunct Fighter Planes are Hidden in a Vast,...
(Image: Chris Lofting, GNU Free Documentation License) Fire up Google Maps and navigate to the settlement of Gjadër in Albania, and you’ll find a fairly typical, abandoned Eastern Bloc-style military...
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