Death is a ride.The Army is considering allowing a private developer to build a military theme park at Fort Belvoir Fort Belvoir is a United States military installation and a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population was 7,176 at the 2000 census. , Virginia Virginia, state, United States Virginia, state of the south-central United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), North Carolina and Tennessee (S), Kentucky and West Virginia (W), and Maryland and the District of Columbia (N and NE). , in order to finance a military museum at the same site, reports The Washington Post. "You can command the latest M-1 tank, feel the rush of a paratrooper freefall, fly a Cobra Gunship gun·ship n. An armed aircraft, such as a helicopter, that is used to support troops and provide fire cover. , or defend your B-17 as a waist gunner," says one developer's proposal. |
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