Your Online Marketplace for Classified Jet Parts

jonerik writes: "Reuters is reporting that the U.S. Air Force is less than pleased about the recent posting of a number of sensitive jet communications components on eBay, including parts for the SR-71 spy plane, the F-16 fighter, the KC-10 tanker, and the giant C-5 transport. According to the article, the parts had sat in a warehouse for 12 years after being lost in shipping when the dealer, Norb Novocin, bought the lot for $244 in an unclaimed property sale. Novocin ended up selling four of the items to bidders in a recent auction, including an X-Band Weather Radar Modulator for $500 and a high-frequency radio circuit card for $32. The Air Force is looking into the incident and Novocin is cooperating."

Comments

Re:Pathetic...

[Captain Chad]

Not Novocin's fault. From the article:

1. "Novocin informed the depot, who said they did not want the parts and suggested he sell them on eBay."

Typical government incompetency. It was only after Newsweek contacted them that they began to realize there was a problem.

Here's The Actual EBay Pages...

[cybrpnk2]

Here's the Completed Items page for this vendor that includes the USAF items mentioned at the bottom of the web page.