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BumRushDaShow

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3. Those were undergoing maintenance/repair

Reply to TomVilmer (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 13, 2018, 06:31 AM

Oct 2018

The operational ones were flown out this past Monday.

Some tweets about it and video -

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luis martinez
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@LMartinezABC

New ground level video showing the damage to the hangars at Tyndall https://www.dvidshub.net/video/632392/tyndall-damage#.W8DqzColepY.twitter …
2:41 PM - Oct 12, 2018

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luis martinez
?Verified account @LMartinezABC

FYI: Most of the F-22s at Tyndall were evacuated to Wright Patterson AFB in Ohio, but some undergoing maintenance remained behind in hangars. Some may have been damaged. The planes with orange painted tips in those damaged hangars are old planes used as drones, not F-22s.
12:13 PM - 12 Oct 2018

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Tyndall sustains 'direct hit,' 'extensive damage' from hurricane [View all] nitpicker Oct 2018 OP

Some good came out of it... TomVilmer Oct 2018 #1

How is that good? Deb Oct 2018 #2

Those were undergoing maintenance/repair BumRushDaShow Oct 2018 #3

How is a burden to the taxpayer any good? Alternatively, how is diverting tax money any good? Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2018 #5

Building these fighter planes was the original burden to the taxpayers... TomVilmer Oct 2018 #6

It would be stupid for them to abandon huge investments for sake of a much smaller repair cost. . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2018 #7

Sunk costs are no costs soryang Oct 2018 #8

Sure, but the planes are capital assets. Abandoning an asset is rarely wise Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2018 #9

What the ultimate decision is remains to be seen. soryang Oct 2018 #10

Chaser video from near the entrance to Tyndall Base BumRushDaShow Oct 2018 #4