Tucson’s
Boneyard!
Davis-Monthan AFB's role in the
storage of military aircraft began after World War II, and continues today. It has evolved into "the largest aircraft boneyard in the world" with inventory of around 4,400.
With the area's low humidity in
the 10%-20% range, meager rainfall of 11" annually, hard alkaline soil,
and high altitude of 2,550 feet allowing the aircraft to be naturally preserved
for cannibalization or possible reuse, Davis-Monthan is the logical choice for
a major storage facility.
Aircraft from the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, NASA and other government agencies are processed at AMARG, which employs 550 people, almost all civilians. It is the largest airplane boneyard in the world.
Another role of AMARG is to support the program that converts old fighter jets, such as the F-4 Phantom II and F-16, into aerial target drones.
It also serves as an auxiliary
facility of the National Museum of the United States Air Force, and stores
tooling for out-of-production military aircraft.
More coming soon ✈🛩🛫🛰🚁🛬
Jan 🌷🌷🐾🐾
2 comments:
So many airplanes , so little time.
Interesting - I had no clue what they did with out of commissioned aircraft.
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