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Mother Nature Network
November 30, 2017
Nearly 5,000 old aircraft are parked at the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base boneyard in Tucson, Arizona. (Photo: Travelview/Shutterstock). Even the largest items need to be thrown away eventually. The Boneyard, or Aerospace Maintenance And Regeneration Center (AMARC), in Tucson, Arizona isÃâà...
Avgeekery (blog)
September 16, 2017
The flight was a significant event in military aviation history, and I'm glad that I've been able to be a part of this 22 years later.” The historic jet retired to the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center “Boneyard” at Davis Monthan AFB in 2009, when the 125th FW transitioned to the F-15C/D.
Center for Research on Globalization
September 14, 2017
Featured image: US Air Force (USAF) C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft assigned to Ramstein Air Base (AB), Germany, flies over the Ramstein AB tower, before retiring to the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) or “bone yard” at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (AFB), Arizona. (Source:Ãâà...
Crain's Cleveland Business
July 1, 2017
Perrien said he found the aircraft at the U.S. Air Force's Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) in Tucson, Ariz., a part of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. It had sat there since 1960, he said. AMARC claims to be the largest aircraft boneyard in the world, at times having an inventory ofÃâà...
Air Force Link
February 2, 2017
Two merged photographs present Marcus Foiles and retired Air Force Lt. Col. Gregg Montijo in an A-10 flight simulator during a tour at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., Jan. 27, 2017 (left), and July 1989 (right). Foiles was 10 years old in 1989 when he was granted a trip to Davis-Monthan AFB via theÃâà...
The Guardian
October 16, 2016
Edward Burtynsky produces photographs that are colossal in scale and dramatically depict the impact of humans on urban and natural landscapes. Curated by William A Ewing, Edward Burtynsky: Essential Elements draws on four decades of his work, with over 140 photographs showing the effects of aÃâà...
Arizona Daily Star
April 5, 2016
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base marked its 70th anniversary in Tucson on Monday, welcoming back former employees for a special ceremony. ... ballistic missiles for dismantling or reuse in satellite launches, and the facility was renamed the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center. In the 1990sÃâà...
CNN
February 23, 2015
On February 13, Ghost Rider flew again, a three-hour flight from Davis-Monthan to its new home, Barksdale Air Force Base in Shreveport, Louisiana. The resurrection process took 70 days, according to the Air Force report. "I've been flying the B-52s since the '80s and it surprised me that after almost sevenÃâà...
Air & Space Magazine
August 27, 2014
Pima is adjacent to the fence line of Davis-Monthan AFB, home of the “Boneyard.” Its official name is the Air Force's 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group—the caretakers of nearly 4,000 U.S. military aircraft headed for scrap, storage, or potential rebirth, all parked on 2,600 acres ofÃâà...
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