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F-104 at the Georgia Air National Guard

A gate guardian or gate guard is a withdrawn piece of equipment, often an aircraft, armoured vehicle, artillery piece, or locomotive, mounted on a plinth and used as a static display near to and forming a symbolic display of "guarding" the main entrance to a site, especially a military base.[1][2] Commonly, gate guardians outside airbases are decommissioned examples of aircraft that were once based there, or still are.[citation needed]

Examples

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Examples of gate guardians include the following:

Australia

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In Australia, gate guards are also often found outside Returned and Services League of Australia (RSL) clubs. These are usually artillery pieces such as 25 pounders and 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns, but the RSL club at Mulwala has a Douglas Dakota transport aircraft and Dandenong RSL club has a Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter. Several aircraft are on display at the gate of RAAF Base Wagga, as part of a small adjacent museum. RAAF Base Edinburgh has a Lockheed P-3 Orion maritime patrol aircraft and a Leopard 1 tank as gate guardians, reflecting its use as both an air force and an army base. RAAF Base Darwin has two Bristol Bloodhound surface-to-air missiles as gate guardians.

Finland

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Malaysia

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Saudi Arabia

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South Africa

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Switzerland

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United Kingdom

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United States

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Images

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See also

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References

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  2. ^ "A-7 Corsair II (A-7) Gate Guardian USN NAS Atlanta". Wikimapia. Atlanta, Georgia. Retrieved 2009-11-10.
  3. ^ "First Fulcrum as Gate Guard". malaysiandefence.com. 8 January 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  4. ^ "BBC News – Gloucestershire Jet Age Museum buys Gloster Javelin". BBC Online. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
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  8. ^ "Edinburgh Airport Spitfire saved by devoted pilot". JPIMedia. Edinburgh Evening News. 20 May 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Fundraising drive begins to replace rotting gate guardians". Newsshopper. RAF Biggin Hill, UK. September 12, 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-10.
  10. ^ "Iconic Tornado returns to guard the gates of Leeming". www.raf.mod.uk. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  11. ^ "HEATHROW MODEL MOVE". CONCORDE SST. 2007.
  12. ^ "Concorde moved from Heathrow Airport to Brooklands Museum". Brooklands Museum. September 2012.
  13. ^ "Out of Service British Military Aircraft". Demobbed. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  14. ^ Regan, Pat (28 November 2017). "RAF Woodvale's new Gate Guardian – UPDATED". On The Spot (OTS) News Southport. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  15. ^ "Bradley – IAP, Connecticut". US Demobbed. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
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  17. ^ a b c "Bradley – ANG, Connecticut". US Demobbed. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  18. ^ "Langley CIA, Virginia". US Demobbed. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  19. ^ "Brunswick – Glynco Jetport, Georgia". US Demobbed. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  20. ^ "Prescott, Arizona". US Demobbed. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  21. ^ "Hawker Siddeley-McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II, s/n 162969 USN, c/n 512096". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  22. ^ "New location for Owatonna's Three T-38 Talon "Thunderbird" Jets - Static Aircraft Displays on Waymarking.com". www.waymarking.com. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
  23. ^ "F-15A becomes signature aircraft at Museum of Aviation". Robins Air Force Base. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  24. ^ "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
  25. ^ "Knoxville F-104 completely restored". International F-104 Society. Retrieved 8 December 2023.