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PostPosted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 6:51 pm 
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Found this along side the highway during "Toxic Trip 2000" in Greece, any ideas what it is/was....

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Ah, yes...I should have recognized the rare Republic of Lockheed F-188. :shock:
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Fouga23 wrote:
F-84 and F-104


Agreed, it's two separate airframes. F-84 up against the fuselage of an F-104 without the cockpit section.
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wow!!! the corrosion is horrible!! i've seen ww 2 pacific wrecks that look worse!!

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tom d. friedman wrote:
wow!!! the corrosion is horrible!! i've seen ww 2 pacific wrecks that look worse!!

it's burned :(

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Fire is corrosion (oxidation) in high gear! Bad looking indeed. :(

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I take it they were old hulks used for firefighting practice?

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