Agate guardian orgate guard is a withdrawn piece of equipment, often an aircraft,armoured vehicle,artillery piece, or locomotive, mounted on aplinth and used as a static display near to and forming a symbolic display of "guarding" the main entrance to a site, especially amilitary base.^[1][2] Commonly, gate guardians outside airbases are decommissioned examples of aircraft that were once based there, or still are.^{[citation needed]}

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Examples of gate guardians include the following:

In Australia, gate guards are also often found outsideReturned and Services League of Australia (RSL) clubs. These are usually artillery pieces such as25 pounders and40mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns, but the RSL club atMulwala has aDouglas Dakota transport aircraft andDandenong RSL club has aBell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter. Several aircraft are on display at the gate ofRAAF Base Wagga, as part of a small adjacent museum.RAAF Base Edinburgh has aLockheed P-3 Orion maritime patrol aircraft and aLeopard 1 tank as gate guardians, reflecting its use as both an air force and an army base.RAAF Base Darwin has twoBristol Bloodhound surface-to-air missiles as gate guardians.

• AMiG-21 formerly of theFinnish Air Force is on display at the entrance ofKuopio Airport.
• TwoT-34s at theArmoured Brigade.

• A-4PTM at RMAF Air Force School,Ipoh.
• CL-41G Tebuan andNorthrop F-5 atRMAF Kuantan Air Base.
• A-4PTM and Northrop F-5 at Istana Abu Bakar, the main palace of theSultan of Pahang.
• CAC Sabre, Northrop F-5,Pilatus PC-7,Alouette III and a fire truck atRMAF Gong Kedak Air Base.
• A-4PTM atRMAF Labuan Air Base.
• Northrop F-5 at RMAF Sendayan Base. It was reported a retiredMikoyan MiG-29 will be installed as a new gate guardian at the base in the future.^[3]
• Northrop F-5 atRMAF Butterworth Air Base.
• A-4PTM atRMAF Kuching Air Base.

• Lockheed L-1011 TriStar which operated under the airlineSaudia in the 1970s is placed on a tarmac next to the gate atRoyal Saudi Air Force Museum inRiyadh.

• Atlas Impala atAir Force Base Ysterplaat.
• TwinEland Mk7 Armoured Cars at theSANDF Legal Satellite Office,Air Force Base Swartkop.
• Rooikat andM3 Stuart at1 Special Service Battalion, Tempe Base.
• Eland Mk7 atSchool of Armour, Tempe Base.

• Lockheed F-104 Starfighter atGrenchen Airport inGrenchen Switzerland.

• 25 Pounder howitzers at 48 RegimentRoyal Artillery,Thorney Island and two on loan from theHonourable Artillery Company outside Admiralty House (the official residence of the CommanderJoint Forces Command) atNorthwood Headquarters.
• BAC Jet Provost atRAF Linton-on-Ouse.
• Bristol Bloodhound surface-to-air guided missile at Hudson HouseTerritorial Army Centre,Catford (Home of221 (EOD) (V) Field Squadron,101 (City of London) Engineer Regiment,Royal Engineers).
• C-47 Dakota at Headquarters16 Air Assault Brigade,Merville Barracks.
• FV434 Combat Recovery and Repair Vehicle and Gazelle Helicopter atWelbeck Defence Sixth Form College.
• Gloster Javelin atStaverton Airport andXA634RAF Leeming (purchased by Gloucestershire Jet Age Museum in January 2015.^[4]).
• Hawker Hunter atRAF Halton andWV396 atRAF Valley.^[5]
• Hawker Sea Hawk atRNAS Culdrose^[6]
• Hawker Siddeley Harrier atMOD Stafford (formerly RAF Stafford) andRAF Wittering (visible from the northboundA1).
• Hurricane (replica) at the formerRAF North Weald, with the markings of theNo. 56 Squadron RAF, as flown byNo. 249 Squadron RAF pilotThomas 'Ginger' Neil during theBattle of Britain in September 1940.
• McDonnell Douglas Phantom atRAF Boulmer.
• Panavia Tornado atLeuchars Station
• BAE Nimrod atRAF Kinloss.
• SEPECAT Jaguar from the formerRAF Coltishall, now named "Spirit of Coltishall" and displayed atCounty Hall, Norwich.
• SEPECAT Jaguar at RAF Cosford – installed in May 2017, but is outside the station headquarters, so not visible from the main gate.^[7]
• SEPECAT Jaguar atRAF Spadeadam
• Spitfire (replica) atEdinburgh Airport.^[8]
• Spitfire (replica) atRAF Benson.
• Spitfire and Hurricane (replicas) atRAF Uxbridge.
• Spitfire andHurricane atRAF Biggin Hill.^[9]
• Panavia Tornado atRAF Marham.
• Panavia Tornado F3 atRAF Leeming (replacedGloster Javelin in 2015).^[10]
• A 40% scale replica ofConcorde had been located at the main road entrance toHeathrow Airport until March 2007, when it was moved toBrooklands Museum, Surrey. At Heathrow Airport, that Concorde model has been replaced by a model of anAirbus A380 inEmirates livery.^[11] In September 2012, the Concorde was finally installed at the main entrance to the whole Brooklands site.^[12]
• Chinook helicopterRAF Odiham
• BAE Hawk T1A, XX247, atRAF Woodvale^[13][14]
• Avro Vulcan atRAF Waddington
• Supermarine Spitfire atRAF Digby
• English Electric Lightning atBAE Samlesbury
• Hawker Siddeley HS125 Dominie T1 andBAC Jet Provost RAFC Cranwell (Both visible from the B1429)

• Bell UH-1H Iroquois s/n 70–16218 atBradley International Airport inWindsor Locks, Connecticut.^[15]
• Boeing B-47E Stratojet s/n 53–4213 atMcConnell Air Force Base inWichita, Kansas.^[16]
• Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker s/n 55–3118 atMcConnell Air Force Base inWichita, Kansas. #1 KC-135 – City of Renton.^[16]
• Convair F-102A Delta Dagger s/n 56–1264 atBradley Air National Guard Base inWindsor Locks, Connecticut.^[17]
• Fairchild Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II s/n 79–0103 atBradley Air National Guard Base inWindsor Locks, Connecticut.^[17]
• Lockheed A-12 s/n 60–6931 atGeorge Bush Center for Intelligence inLangley, Virginia.^[18]
• Lockheed LC-130 atStratton Air National Guard Base inSchenectady, New York
• Lockheed F-104C Starfighter s/n 56–0919 atGeorgia Air National Guard inBrunswick, Georgia.^[19]
• Lockheed F-104N Starfighter registration N811NA atEmbry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott,Arizona.^[20]
• Lockheed T-33B s/n 580–9594 atWestchester County Airport (former home to the105th Airlift Wing) inNorth Castle, New York.^[21]
• McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II BuNo 162969 atMCAS Cherry Point inHavelock, North Carolina.^[22]
• ThreeNorthrop T-38 Talons painted to resemble aircraft formerly flown by theUS Air Force Thunderbirds atOwatonna Degner Regional Airport inOwatonna, Minnesota^[23]
• North American F-100D Super Sabre s/n 55–3805 atBradley Air National Guard Base inWindsor Locks, Connecticut.^[17]
• F-15A Eagle tailflash (RG) resides facingState Route 247 in front of the Museum of Aviation and serving the Russell Parkway gate inWarner Robins, Georgia, placed during 2019.^[24]
• Bell UH-1H Iroquois at Helena Regional Airport.^[25]
• Lockheed F-104 Starfighter on display at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard base.^[26]
• ACessna 310 flown by actorJimmy Stewart, was restored and placed as a gate guardian toIndiana County-Jimmy Stewart Airport in Pennsylvania, USA.^[27]

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  RAFBristol Bloodhound missile outside theRoyal Air Force Museum London in Hendon, London
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  MiG-17 atKubinka Air Base, Russia
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  Kingston Airport (Canadian Air Force)
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  1 Tank Regiment (Royal Armoured Corps)
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  Fort Knox (US Army)
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  Tempe Base (South African Army)
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  F-105 Thunderchief at Arnold Gate,Bolling Air Force Base,Washington, D.C.
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  An F-4J Phantom II aircraft as the gate guardian at the entrance to the air terminal at Mount Pleasant Complex in the Falkland Islands. This was removedc. 2011

• Bradyll (locomotive)

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