Located in the Arizona desert, the world-famous "Boneyard" (officially the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group ...
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - 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 ...
The 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) stores thousands of retired military aircraft. This collection would be the world's second largest air force if it were in service. But ...
The 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group operates a storage facility at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base that everybody calls the “boneyard.” Here, more than 4,400 aircraft are mothballed in ...
FOR INFANTRY and armoured cavalry, target practice is relatively straightforward. Load up on training rounds and aim for paper bullseyes, plywood cutouts or life-size models of enemy vehicles.
The United States hosts some of the largest and most strategically important aircraft storage and dismantling facilities in the world. Commonly referred to as aircraft boneyards, these sites serve ...
Almost every airline has released reports of capacity cuts, so where do all these planes go? Almost every airline has released reports of capacity cuts, so where do all these planes go? Chances are ...
A KC-10 Extender receives a traditional water salute during a retirement ceremony at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst July 13. The plane, the first in the fleet to be retired as the Air Force brings ...
This story originally appeared on Marketplace. You can listen to Marketplace live on WHYY 90.9 FM Monday through Friday at 6:30 p.m. There are 72 Boeing 737 Max aircraft sitting on the ground in the ...
The queens of the skies have fallen on hard times. As Covid-19 has frozen the international travel on which they once thrived, double-decker, four-engine planes like the Airbus SE A380 and Boeing Co.
The U.S. Air Force has returned a B-52 bomber retired eleven years ago to active duty service, only the second time in history that has happened. The bomber, nicknamed “Wise Guy,” was brought out of ...