Boneyard Safari
Preserving Aviation HIstory

Here is USS Kidd DDG-993 underway in 1989, still think it looked good with the Mark 26 launchers. She now serves in the Taiwanese Navy as ROCS Tso Ying. #usskidd #ddg993 #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari #navalsafari

The F-104 arresting system with MAAS. #f104 #maas #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Something looks a bit off with this Harrier landing…. #av8b #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Our hearts go out to all the KC-135 crews and their families! #kc135 #epicfury #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Check out the A-24B Banshee at Pima Air and Space Museum #a24 #a24banshee #pimaairandspacemuseum #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Orbiter Enterprise OV-101 sure got around, here she is in 1978 being hoisted into the Marshal Dynamic Test Stand for the mated vertical ground vibration test. #enterprise #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

USS Nimitz CVN-68 is headed to the east coast for its decommissioning. #cvn68 #ussnimitz #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari #navalsafari

Here is a AH-1G Cobra being offloaded from the YC-15 during a heavy loading test in 1975, you can see the similarities to the C-17. #yc15 #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Check out the YC-15 in 1976 during aerial refueling testing with a KC-135 #yc15 #kc135 #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Check out the X-31, the world’s first international X-plane, demonstrates controlled flight at high alpha courtesy of its canards and thrust vectoring paddles in the exhaust stream in 1994. #x31 #xplane #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari