Gate guardian
A gate guardian or gate guard is a withdrawn piece of equipment, often an aircraft, armoured vehicle, artillery piece, or locomotive, mounted on a plinth and used as a static display near to and forming a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. Commonly, gate guardians outside airbases are decommissioned examples of aircraft that were once based there, or still are. The visual effect is very much like a hobbyist's model, particularly when it is an aircraft mounted on a pole to simulate what it looked like in flight.
Examples of gate guardians include the following:
In Australia, gate guards are also often found outside Returned and Services League of Australia (RSL) clubs.
AVRE. 225 Field Sqn Royal Monmouthshire R.E (Birmingham) Oldbury Army Reserve Centre Westmidlands
RAF Bristol Bloodhound missile outside the RAF Museum in London
MiG-17 at Kubinka Air Base, Russia
Kingston Airport (Canadian Air Force)
1 Tank Regiment (Royal Armoured Corps)
Tempe Base (South African Army)
F-105 Thunderchief at Arnold Gate, Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C.
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