Don,
I asked the same question cause my crystal ball comfirms many more than that. The actual number is irrelevant at this point but I can say the number he was provided might be just what GL has. I know a place within a short trip of my house where there are at least 200 still sitting awaiting for their day to come to be removed from service. I have visually layed eyeballs on these within the past 48 hrs. My crystal ball shows even more.
If we take into account the 109's, drop sides, etc, etc it's even more.
If you're looking for a water truck or fueler, you might have some reason to be concerned.
Oh, and I just remembered the ones that went to other agencies that sell through GSA.
And there are the ones with the Air Guard units and Navy Reserve guys that I don't have visibility on at this moment but will soon.
No offense intended to you for you got the info from GL who can say:
Hi, we sell deuces, we want to let everyone know there are very few left so you will buy them at a lot higher prices which is also why we are not sweating this short timeperiod of pulling them off the market (like we did last year about this time) so the prices will double and triple.