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More than likely, it's 'house cleaning' time there. The 52 already had the 47 section and tail cut off and was mounted off the ground on steel supports so it wasn't going anywhere within the 30 day reactivation timetable set up in the SALT treaties. I helped de-mil the B-52G @ the MoF restoration facility @ KPAE several years ago. WE had a specific list of items to be cut, removed, or disabled, and the parts had to be presented to a representative of the USAF for verification. The engine turbine shafts had to be cut (done through the cowls with a plasma cutter, crude but effective) engine control cables, plumbing, generator power feeder cables, microwave guide conduits, and other items had to be cut, cut out, or damaged so that it would take more than 30 days to re enable the aircraft. Everytime it gets moved, the Pentagon has to get the request, send it to Moscow, wait for verification, then authorize the move for displays, airshows, etc. have that location verified by satellite, and the same horse poop in reverse. The field has a 14.5 million gallon water tower very near where the 52 is kept @ KPAE to supply Luditeville, er, Mukilteo with water, I still think the County is missing a great chance to pull someones leg via satellite by painting a big eyeball on the top
The aft fuselage is C-135 as is the right wing which is probably bleached out aluminum paint, not painted white, and I agree the camoflaged wings appear to be of F-111 variety
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