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Re: KC-97 scrapped
Posted by Rob Mears on Sun Jun 15, 2003 12:15:12 AM
In reply top Re: KC-97 scrapped posted by Alan Brooks on Sat Jun 14, 2003 10:59:39 PM
You're right about the deadline. I forget that there was a limit on the amount of time that the plane could legally remain at the site. I'm supposing this was due to regulations that came as a result of 9/11.
Any ideas why the government would be so adamant about the removal or destruction of aircraft that are quite obviously NOT the type that a terrorist would use for ill will. Heck, if a dedicated crew couldn't get the thing in operational condition, how would a terrorist organization make any use of it? ;)