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Owen Miller
 Post subject: Derelict MiGs
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Where is the thread on abandoned derelict MiGs????
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 Post subject: want a mig....
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Where is the thread on abandoned derelict MiGs????


just go to africa and offer any third world general a few bucks. they have fields full of them over there

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P: Noise coming from under instrument panel. Sounds like a midget pounding on something with a hammer.

S: Took hammer away from midget.
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Lots at the Sarajevo airport as well, if they have't been scrapped.

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We still got some at Bagram Airfield!

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 Post subject: Re: Derelict MiGs
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Owen Miller wrote:
Where is the thread on abandoned derelict MiGs????

The ones in Afghanistan which were posted recently, or the ones here in the US?

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we still have some at Bagram \ Afghan.. i posted pics a few weeks ago.

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They were in the US. It seems like maybe somewhere
in TX or AL. They been sitting a while and the locals kids
had adorned them graffiti.
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Texas it is...Middle of Nowhere Migs, author was Cripes A Mighty...

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Here it is http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=22122&highlight=middle+nowhere+migs

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n5151ts wrote:
just go to africa and offer any third world general a few bucks. they have fields full of them over there


You are not kidding. They are everywhere. Take a look at this list as a starting point...
http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/Locator.php ... TheResults
...I will be expanding on it over the next month or so.

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Owen Miller
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Thanks! That's the thread I needed!!

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