Peter asked:
At the south end of the base, several
recent arrivals were parked near the fence. For some reason, the "U.S. Air
Force" markings on the side had been torn up.

Isn't the south end of the base directly accross the fence from the recycling
plants? IIRC the planes sold for scrap are moved directly to the demo plants to
be cut up and melted or crushed.

oxmoron1