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You might be wondering what I would be doing in this field. I was wondering that myself recently. I had heard about all these jets parked out in the desert passing time. Then I heard a lot of them are military, and I started thinking - always a dangerous activity for yours truly. So, from November 7-9, 2001, I went searching. When I started surfing the web I found several things; Pima Air & Space Museum Then it hit me. All this military hardware that is being scrapped is the result of decades of big science and the military-industrial complex, to use the old term. I wanted to see for myself - so I did. Since I have the time, as my wife tells me.. First I went to Tucson, by car of course - because I have the time. I visited the Pima museum, certainly the best of the three. Then I visited AMARC that afternoon. They only allow a bus tour so you don't get to walk around at all. After the bus tour I went back to the Pima Museum and barely got done before they threw me out at the close of the day. The next day I went to the Titan Missile Museum in Green Valley. This is an actual Titan II missile silo complete with a Titan II missile in place. It has been deactivated, and there isn't any nuke on board anymore, but it's still an impressive site. |