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The great aviation graveyard: New aerial images show thousands of military planes neatly left to die or be cannibalized across Arizona desert
2022-05-20
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News]
  • Haunting aerials photographs from Arizona's aircraft boneyard show thousands of defunct airplanes laid out

  • Photographer Bernhard Lang captured them at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group

  • 4,000 aircraft are housed on the Davis–Monthan Air Force Base across 2,600 acres in Tucson, Arizona

  • It's the largest storage and preservation facility for aircraft in the world, with cargo planes and giant bombers
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Monthan Air Force Base: 2021-03-15 Retired B-52 Flies Again!
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Posted by:Skidmark

#12  That second pic seems to be from the Pima Air and Space Museum, that's across the street.
Posted by: Slappy   2022-05-20 21:02  

#11   why I cast a jaundiced eye at every piece of news I hear and see.

Evaluating rather than believing is the whole point, guys. :-)
Posted by: trailing wife   2022-05-20 20:55  

#10  Also, breaking news from 1945.
Posted by: Too Old To Work   2022-05-20 20:36  

#9  ^
Posted by: Too Old To Work   2022-05-20 20:35  

#8  The way the headline is written is why I cast a jaundiced eye at every piece of news I hear and see. Makes it sound like a great evil is being committed. Almost click bait.
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839   2022-05-20 16:00  

#7  Heard that the M&R group there actually generates a profit, as in parts sold for more that it costs to operate.
Posted by: ed in texas   2022-05-20 15:52  

#6  Used to be a nice row of stored Titan boosters there, they are all gone now.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-05-20 12:38  

#5  Awesome pics! Flew over that area 2012 in the back of an F-15D Eagle which is now living there. The fractured B-52's were actually set up there so the Soviet's could identify our compliance with nuclear arms limitations. IIRC some of the ex Afghan helicopters now serving Ukraine were briefly stored there.
Rumor has it that you will not see any F 14s there, because of concerns that spare parts could have been sent to Iran.
Posted by: Omavilet Bourbon7511   2022-05-20 12:30  

#4  Marana Air Center down the street is a civilian boneyard. Formerly a Christian’s in Action base where Tibetan rebels were trained
Posted by: Cloluck Bourbon1058   2022-05-20 12:17  

#3  #2 What a waste
Posted by: bman 2022-05-20 11:40

...Far from it. AMARC has been a priceless resource for parts, foreign sales, and the occasional resurrection for US service.

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski   2022-05-20 11:58  

#2  What a waste
Posted by: bman   2022-05-20 11:40  

#1  I live 2 blocks away. 'Awesome' is a word I rarely use: but this air park deserves such a description.
Posted by: borgboy   2022-05-20 00:19  

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