Tuesday, March 17, 2009

To the boneyard



A few weeks ago Matt had the opportunity to take a Tweet to the boneyard. The boneyard is a place set aside for retired aircraft. Many of them are models that have been discontinued and replaced with something new or were too old to fly anymore. The Tweet is both.



Matt and a fellow IP flew to Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson, AZ to lay this jet to rest. They get a little sentimental about this sort of thing, so they had to take some classic "hero" shots to show how proud they were of their plane.



There are rows upon rows of planes at the boneyard. They are essentially preserved in the desert and are flyable, should the military need them or their parts at a later date. The jet Matt flew there would be added to the ranks, but he was told it was being sold to Pakistan.


The Banshees are the last of all the UPT bases to switch to the new plane, the T-6 Texan II. The reason they are last is because it took a while for the other NATO countries involved in ENJJPT to sign off on a turbo-prop versus fully jet airplane. Matt is currently in T-6 transition (meaning he is TDY in San Antonio learning to fly the thing) along with a number of other guys and gals from Sheppard. The T-6 certainly has its advantages and disadvantages compared to the T-37, but it should be good in the long run.


In case you were wondering, yes, these pictures are all legal.

1 comment:

  1. We are so proud of "your" Matt!
    We love you both!
    Love, Cindy - Mom

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