Since a lot of the comments on this are basically "Why weren't they flown away?" Many of the aircraft were flown away: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGHKLfXT

Since a lot of the comments on this are basically "Why weren't they flown away?" Many of the aircraft were flown away: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGHKLfXTwvc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGHKLfXTwvc The aircraft that remained were likely unable to be evacuated: http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/24204/setting-the-record-straight-on-why-fighter-jets-cant-all-simply-fly-away-to-escape-storms http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/24204/setting-the-recor...