The Retirees

MIKE JG · Post by **MIKE JG** » 15 Apr 2008, 03:31

Top secret photographs of recently retired MAIW aircraft, taken at a remote MAIW facility located deep in the desert of the Southwestern United States........

Sad to see these birds go in real life as well.

So what's it gonna be? To retro or not to retro? That is the question.

BadPvtDan · Post by **BadPvtDan** » 15 Apr 2008, 03:38

They have to go.

Javier Tapia · Post by **Javier Tapia** » 15 Apr 2008, 03:42

The same here, in fact, they are allready gone... too sad, really loved the T-37s

djnocturnal · Post by **djnocturnal** » 15 Apr 2008, 05:39

i have all of them removed from holloman except 4 of them. i will remove them on the 21st when they leave in real life

but you can be sure that when the first raptor arrives in june it will be in my Holloman ai world too.
sad to see em go, i will do my best to get the 4 ship departure on video next monday, they actually have 2 painted with the flag on it now

Jumpshot724 · Post by **Jumpshot724** » 15 Apr 2008, 14:53

You know what would be cool? If someone made a Davis-Monthan package and everytime a bird is retired they release it's final flightplan over to DM where they sit in storage, kind of like a package update everytime so all you have to do is keep adding the newly retired a/c. That way those of us can keep all the packages, they just turn into scenery

I'd do it but that's to much for me to undertake lol. Wishful thinking though....

nickblack423 · Post by **nickblack423** » 15 Apr 2008, 14:59

Can you imagine the frame rate impact of all those jets at DM? Topgun was bad enough.

Nick

MIKE JG · Post by **MIKE JG** » 15 Apr 2008, 15:37

No kidding.

awj112 · Post by **awj112** » 15 Apr 2008, 21:28

Believe it or not, I just saw a Tweet from Vance AFB I guess today on final to KOKC (Will Rogers). I suppose the Tweet isn't completely dead yet.

MIKE JG · Post by **MIKE JG** » 15 Apr 2008, 21:50

I think I read somewhere that they will still be used at Sheppard as part of the ENJPT programs.

reconmercs · Post by **reconmercs** » 15 Apr 2008, 22:54

MIKE JG wrote:I think I read somewhere that they will still be used at Sheppard as part of the ENJPT programs.

for the time being but, but those are going away soon as well:
http://www.sheppard.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123094098

Victory103 · Post by **Victory103** » 15 Apr 2008, 23:43

I like the AMARC idea, besides I need a KDMA package anyway to complete my recently purchased A-10 from Asoft. Maybe just one jet (not every airframe currently at AMARC) from each package to represent the hard work by the MAIW crews.

MIKE JG · Post by **MIKE JG** » 16 Apr 2008, 01:28

From that website: "Sixty-nine Texan IIs will replace 74 T-37 Tweets over the next 18 months."

Long live the Tweet!

Jumpshot724 · Post by **Jumpshot724** » 16 Apr 2008, 02:34

That doesn't mean the Tweet will stick around, it just means the Texan II is more reliable and thus they don't need as many lol

Firebird · Post by **Firebird** » 16 Apr 2008, 06:27

... or even simply less pilots to train.