Where have all the retired fighters gone? What will be the outcome?

2023-03-03

Where the decommissioned fighter plane is going is revealed in the morning light. On the runway of the airport at Luke Air Force Base, the last F-16 "Viper" fighter plane in the 25th batch started its engine and ushered in the last takeoff for the rest of its life. The destination of this flight is not the Grand Canyon for training on weekdays, nor the overseas base on the other side of the ocean, but the world's largest parking place for retired fighter aircraft - Davis Monson Air Force Base. In recent years, thousands of retired fighters have been parked here. Viewed from the sky, Davis Munson Air Force Base is vividly known as "aircraft cemetery". According to statistics, in 2021, the United States Air Force retired a total of 120 fighter planes. In addition to some flying to the "aircraft graveyard", there are many retired fighter planes to start a new journey and use the final value to contribute to the waste heat. Some netizens will ask, where have these fighters gone? What will be the outcome? In this issue, we will explain it in detail for you. Directions 1: Send it to the Aviation Museum to display its waste heat and throw it into popular science. In 1940, hundreds of British "Spitfire" fighter planes lined up over the English Channel to meet the Nazi German Air Force, and their air invasion plan was completely shattered after more than 100 days of fierce fighting; In 1943, the US F-6F "Hellcat" fighter plane shot down the first Japanese Zero-fighter, and the air control in the Pacific gradually returned to the Allied hands. After the end of World War II, the "Spitfire" fighter was soon replaced by the new jet fighter, and the "Hellcat" fighter also reached the "end of life" before the advent of the supersonic era. Although these once all-powerful "star" fighters have retired, their "halo" is not reduced, and they are eagerly collected by museums. Entering the National Museum of the United States Air Force, various models of "antique" fighters were presented to the audience. From the introduction board in front of the exhibition stand, the audience can have a deep understanding of the history behind the fighter aircraft - the British "Camel" fighter, which shot down the most enemy aircraft in World War I, the high-altitude high-speed strategic bomber XB-70, which set the record of Mach 3 flight speed, and the C-47 transport aircraft, which has repeatedly made war achievements on the Hump route... Whether from the perspective of development background, performance indicators or historical significance, the retired fighter aircraft has a perfect "resume", Will be sent to the museum stand. However, there are also some planes that belong to transition products or even failure products, which also record the attempts and dreams of human beings to fly towards the blue sky and are collected by museums. In 1969, the Concorde, the first supersonic aircraft used for commercial flight in human history, jointly developed by Britain and France, made its first successful flight. The stunt of "supersonic" made the Concorde aircraft open the international market quickly and received orders from more than 70 aircraft from all over the world. In the 1970s, due to multiple factors such as the economic crisis, orders for the Concorde aircraft were aborted. An air crash in 2000 exposed many safety problems of the Concorde aircraft, resulting in its permanent grounding. Today, the Concorde has been incorporated into museums in Britain, France, the United States and other countries, and has become a "punch point" for many tourists. In addition, a large number of retired fighters with unique style, such as the British "gannet" fighter, the "conjoined" fighter F-82 and the "two wild horses", the world's first stealth fighter F-117 and the "nighthawk", have been

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