If you're curious about this sort of thing, Oklahoma was a disposal point for quite a few war-weary WWII airplanes from 1945 - 1958.
The Navy's biggest boneyard was at Clinton-Sherman AFB out at Burns Flat. It was acres and acres of Corsairs, F6F's, and just about every carrier-based combat wing after Japan surrendered.
In fact, the 'Sherman' part of the ex-SAC AFB's name was after 'Sherman Iron Works' out of OKC. They named the field after the company because the company bought the entire disposal center for the aluminum scrap value of all those planes and proceeded to bust them up onsite.
The Navy's biggest boneyard was at Clinton-Sherman AFB out at Burns Flat. It was acres and acres of Corsairs, F6F's, and just about every carrier-based combat wing after Japan surrendered.
In fact, the 'Sherman' part of the ex-SAC AFB's name was after 'Sherman Iron Works' out of OKC. They named the field after the company because the company bought the entire disposal center for the aluminum scrap value of all those planes and proceeded to bust them up onsite.
