TUCSON, Ariz. -- It's nicknamed the Boneyard. It sits on 2,600 acres of desert land, with more than 3,000 military aircraft on the Air Force’s Davis-Monthan Base. It's more than a retirement home for ...

The U.S. Air Force's first KC-10 Extender has officially received its retirement papers and headed to the Boneyard. The service last week retired a tanker from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New ...

If you are unfamiliar with the term airplane boneyards, let us simplify it for you. An airplane boneyard is a graveyard for aircraft. It is a huge area of land where planes that are retired or out of ...

They call it the “boneyard,” but in 2019 alone, it saved taxpayers $405.9 million. The U.S. Air Force’s 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (309 AMARG) stores and maintains ...

Bomber Rise from the Boneyard! The U.S. Air Force is reactivating the B-1B Lancer bomber, tail number 86-0115, nicknamed “Rage,” from storage to fill operational gaps. This is the second B-1B to be ...

To paraphrase an old military catchphrase, “old warbirds never die, they simply rust away.” Retired American aircraft are often sent to the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, which has been the ...

Developing a strategic aircraft reserve -- Aircraft storage and disposal -- Along the storage rows -- Scrapping the big fleets -- Inventory by aircraft type -- Boneyard tours and Pima Air & Space ...

As boneyards go, this place is pretty lively. Before many Tucsonans have even started their morning commute, a pair of aircraft mechanics are already crouched over the open cockpit of an F-18 fighter ...

Kathleen Allen Apr 20, 2017 Apr 20, 2017 Updated May 8, 2017 Aircraft history is scattered all over a big dirt lot in southeast Tucson. And once a month, you can explore it. Boneyard Safari, founded ...