Off the coast of Morehead City, North Carolina, retired US Navy jets sit quietly on the seabed. Two F-4 Phantom fighter planes and two A-4 Skyhawk attack planes were sunk there in 1992, part of the state’s continuing effort to turn old hardware into new marine habitat. According to the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries , the agency has been working for decades on the construction of artificial reefs by sinking ships, parts of bridges, and retired military planes. Decades later, divers at the site often see grouper hiding under the wings of the jets, using the wreckage as a hidey hole.
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