The Boneyard: Where Aircrafts Go to Die



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42 thoughts on “The Boneyard: Where Aircrafts Go to Die”

  1. When I was in the Air Force in the middle 80's, I put down Davis Monthan AFB as one of the bases I wanted to be stationed at. They sent me to Loring in Maine, instead. I am still bitter.

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  2. I was stationed at DM from 02-07. Then came back in '15 – '20. I started out loaded and maintaining the weapons systems on the A-10 in the 357th Squadron "The Dragons". We had a barrel shortage one time on our A-10's and went to the boneyard to remove some from A-10's that were being retired. Also, pulled tons and tons of GCU's (gun control unit) for our aircraft out of ones in the boneyard. Its a cool place, on the backside of the boneyard where it backs up to the road leading to the shooting range. Is where alot of the older and completely mothballed aircraft and aircraft parts.

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  3. I'm from Nottingham and moved here to Tucson 2 years ago.. If people really want to see a glimpse of American Military power, just drive around this Air Base and you will realise that USA is really not to be messed with.

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  4. Kinda overdramatized on the narrative there dude…
    1) It's only over 100-degrees during a few summer months.
    2) It's hard dirt, not a ground "baked into a near cement like state…" A mere heal scratch will demonstrate the fallacy of this naive statement.
    3) It's basic hydration; when you get hot and perspire, you should drink water. Pretty sure this applies across 99% of the planet…
    Also, a quick google maps search will quickly show that the facility is located within the city limits, not a 20-minute drive away.
    Zk

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  5. Your socialist masters are very proud of you, Comrade Simon. Although, I'm pretty sure they knew all about this place already. So there must be some hidden code somewhere in the video. Or maybe it's in one of the other videos you've uploaded on the same day, and this is just a distraction for our code breakers.

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  6. Back in the late 90s, my squadron had 5, yes 5 birds that were cannibalized beyond belief. They had no wing, no engines, most of the interior was missing, etc. Our CO decided we were going to work 12 on n 12 off until they flew. They managed to get a team together to get all of the parts from the boneyard. It took a few months with nearly no days off, but we got them all airworty

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  7. 101°f?.. shoot, it was 113°f today! 😂
    It truly is mind-blowing seeing Trillions of dollars SEEMINGLY wasting away in the scorching desert. (Unless you know and understand) the full operations of the land. 🤎🤍💙

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  8. Actually, Tucson is very beautiful place. Just don’t go in summer, although the dry heat is better than the American south at 90°F The boneyard and surrounding museums of old aircraft are a lot of fun to go and see. When I was in school with the University of Arizona, my body is and I saw an Apollo capsule laying in a junkyard!

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  9. We have a boneyard here in Alaska. More Mammoth bones in one place than you can imagine, they all went there to die. Unfortunately gold is the reason why you don't hear about it. Lol

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  10. Over two thirds of Western Australia is dry with little humidity and has hard baked ground perfect for storing aircraft and vehicles. Maybe we can pivot into military storage away from our mining based economy 🤣

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  11. I worked at AMARC, (called MASDC then) in the early 1980's before transferring to another agency. The F-15 was replacing the F-4 Phantom, and F-4,s along with A-4 Skyhawks, and A-7 Corsairs were flowing into AMARC on a daiy basis. There are a few F-4,s left there today, the rst are long gone. It makes me feel old,lol.

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