F-105s at San Antonio, Lackland AFB

[jbDC9]

Does anyone here know what's up with the gaggle of 10 F-105s parked in a tidy lineup at Lackland?

There are two pics of them posted at Airliners.net,

[FONT=ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva][FONT=ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva]http://www.airliners.net/photo/USA---Air/Republic-F-105D-Thunderchief/0694473/L/
[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva][FONT=ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva]http://www.airliners.net/photo/USA---Air/Republic-F-105D-Thunderchief/1153848/L/

[/FONT][/FONT] These pics are from 1992 and 1999, but I just looked at a recent satellite pic and the 105s are still there. One of the A.net shots mention that they're used for security training, but I just wonder if that's the real story...

 

[LearLove]

check the remarks in the first pic

 

[motch]

Beautiful and sad all at the same time...

 

[414Flyer]

They probably look a lot nicer now than they did in service. One of the fastest planes the USAF ever had.

 

[jke406]

Does anyone here know what's up with the gaggle of 10 F-105s parked in a tidy lineup at Lackland?

There are two pics of them posted at Airliners.net,

[FONT=ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva][FONT=ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva]http://www.airliners.net/photo/USA---Air/Republic-F-105D-Thunderchief/0694473/L/
[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva][FONT=ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva]http://www.airliners.net/photo/USA---Air/Republic-F-105D-Thunderchief/1153848/L/

[/FONT][/FONT] These pics are from 1992 and 1999, but I just looked at a recent satellite pic and the 105s are still there. One of the A.net shots mention that they're used for security training, but I just wonder if that's the real story...

If you look closely you can see their wheels bolted to a bracket above the ground. They are completely stripped down (engines, avionics, etc) and are basically static displays.

 

[Fox-Tree]

It's kind of strange that SPs would need a row of fighters to train. I'm kind of curious what they do with them.

 

[pkober]

They probably look a lot nicer now than they did in service. One of the fastest planes the USAF ever had.

Awesome avatar!

 

[Huggyu2]

Years back, while flying at Randolph, we'd overfly a dirt strip on Camp Bullis that had and F-105, F-101, and F-106 sitting on it. Obviously some sort of training setup, but I never got the full story. Neat to look at, though.

 

[tomgoodman]

Warp Drive

One of the fastest planes the USAF ever had.

Anybody know which one was the fastest (not counting the A-11/SR-71)? How about fastest at low level? Thud, Starfighter, Hustler, Aardvark...?

 

[pkober]

The mighty Herc, of course.

Maybe the F-104 or F-4.