The flying fraternity and sorority in the San Antonio area is collectively shaking its head at what some are describing as a senseless waste of tax dollars with the destruction of 110 piston-single aircraft. As AVweb told you in its Sept. 15 Audiocast, the T-3 Slingsby Firefly pilot screening aircraft, virtually all of which were in flying condition when they were mothballed nine years ago, were smashed to pieces by heavy equipment at Hondo Airport last week. According to Air Force spokesman Capt. Gideon McClure, the militarys term for the systematic destruction of the aircraft is "salvage in place." The Air Force paid more than $32 million for the planes and the best it can hope for from the destruction work is that it wont cost any more.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/leadnews/air-force-salvage-method-rapped