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From: wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin )
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: Starfighter yarn
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Date: Mon, 22-Jul-85 15:24:41 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul 22 15:24:41 1985
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This posting brought to mind the following query:
Is there any restriction, besides money and sanity, on private
individuals buying military aircraft? If I went to McDonnell-Douglas and
waved a satchel of cash at them and asked for an F-15 after their
current military production run was complete, could I get it? I would
think that there would be ordinary BATF(*) regulations on the armament, but
that could be left off (maybe get a photo-recon version?) If it wasn't
for export, there wouldn't be any of those licenses or restrictions
involved. Are there any other rules or regulations that would restrict
the sale or ownership of such aircraft?

(Buying used from DoD is another matter, I know -- there are
property-disposal regulations that usually require the
"demilitarization" of excess military equipment (usually cutting it into
scrap); this would be different than buying new from the manufacturer.)

(*) Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, & Firearms

Regards,
Will Martin

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