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Re: F-14 Final Flight in U. S. service... - Don Kiyoti - 10-12-2006
Paul,
The main reason you'd see F-8s and B-52s and F-4s and such is so that serviceable parts could be pulled to support airframes still in service, not for potential reactivation. The French were the largest operator of F-8s other than the Navy and they retired their last Crusaders in 1999. There was a private yard here that had a bunch of 'em until fairly recently. The B-52s are gone now. The Germans still train in F-4s at Luke AFB (I think) and I see them over my house fairly often.
There were already many F-14s here prior to the retirement. Now I expect them to hit the scrapyards very soon. The F-14s will not be coming back.