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Alabama Europe Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Kentucky Michigan New Mexico New York Ohio Ontario Pennsylvania Tennessee Texas Virginia Gate Guards Gate Guards, Gate Guardians, or Planes on Pole are a few or the monikers that describe the aircraft one will see sitting in front of various veterans' organizations, at the main gates or inside military bases, outside of museums, and other unexpected locations. I have photo-documented a former Navy A-7 Corsair II on the front lawn of a high school in Ohio because the school's nickname is "The Aviators". I am also including aircraft in this section that are outside in airparks or outside at museums as part of this endeavor. I have taken on this task after my research determined there was no web page dedicated to the photo-documentation of these aircraft that sit out in the elements, subject to the corrosion the weather causes and also damage perpetrated by vandals.
I have for each aircraft included several different photos of the subject aircraft as opposed to just one shot. This is because it normally takes some time and effort to get to these locations as many of them are really in some remote locations and I might as well show several different angles and features of the planes as possible.
The Indiana Air National
Guard used to fly the F-84 from its two bases at Ft.Wayne and Terre
Haute. Consequently there are a considerable number of these on
display especially around the Ft. Wayne area. Early jet age
aircraft such as the T-33 and F-86 are prevalent in many locations, with
a small amount of Vietnam era warbirds such as the F-105 and F-4 on
display. In the past several years the Army has released a
considerable amount of UH-1 and AH-1 helicopters which are the newest to
take their place as gate guards. Next generation should be the
F-16 and F-15 as the new F-22 and F-35 come into service. Alabama Europe Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Kentucky Michigan New Mexico New York Ohio Ontario Pennsylvania Tennessee Texas Virginia |
Dobbins ARB, Marietta, GA