"S65" (granthp) 01/27/2018 at 15:46 • Filed to: A-6 Intruder, Aviation, Artificial Reefs, Neat

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At the time of the A-6 Intruders retirement, several airframe awaiting rewinging were sunk off the coast of Florida to form an artificial reef called “Intruder Reef”. Maybe someone who’s a better writer than I could make a nicer Planeolpnik post about it or something.

http://www.geocities.ws/Pentagon/Bunker/7316/burial.html

Frenchlicker > S65 01/27/2018 at 16:02

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Wait... Geocities still exists?

McMike > S65 01/27/2018 at 16:17

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From the looks of that Geocities page, I figured it was a long time ago but damn...1995.

https://www.intruderassociation.org/pdf/burial_at_sea.pdf

facw > S65 01/27/2018 at 18:12

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But why use a few planes when you can use the whole carrier?

Jayvincent > S65 01/27/2018 at 19:16

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in better times...