Davis-Monthan/Boneyard

[Malo83]

Bing aerial map of the boneyard and airbase, Hawkeyes,Willys and Stoofs, oh my! lots of Warthogs ,Orions and Herks.
http://www.bing.com/maps/default.as...0&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&scene=9390750&encType=1

 

[Schnugg]

Available on google earth as well...

 

[navy09]

I went to school in Tucson. The boneyard is a cool spot if you ever find yourself in Southern AZ with a few hours to kill.

 

[Schnugg]

Did an overnight X/C there. Got a very unofficial tour from an AMARC SCPO who was counting the days to retirement. We went all over the place and looked at and got on and in everything. Ever stood on top of a B-52?

Sadly, also flew an F-14A in there to be preserved (aka, to die).

 

[jmcquate]

Interesting to see the chopped up BUFFs. I'm guessing that it was done as part of SALT II.

 

[PropAddict]

Sadly, also flew an F-14A in there to be preserved (aka, to die).

Oh no, they pack those things in grease and wrap them all up in a ziplock baggie. They can have them ready to go in something like 30 days, if the commie hoards invade.:icon_tong:sleep_125

 

[LazersGoPEWPEW]

Oh no, they pack those things in grease and wrap them all up in a ziplock baggie. They can have them ready to go in something like 30 days, if the commie hoards invade.:icon_tong:sleep_125

They're going to make them into UAVs and just have them fly on autopilot to make it seem like we have more pilots than we actually do.

 

[ChuckMK23]

ahhhh where H-46's go to rest.

 

[Brett327]

Oh no, they pack those things in grease and wrap them all up in a ziplock baggie. They can have them ready to go in something like 30 days, if the commie hoards invade.:icon_tong:sleep_125

Actually, the F-14s have undergone a more rigorous destruction vs. preservation plan to keep them and their parts out of the hands of you know who. There have been a few legal cases in SOCAL already about F-14 parts being smuggled.

Brett

 

[KBayDog]

ahhhh where H-46's go to rest.

Fortunately, many of those Phrogs are organ donors.

 

[CommodoreMid]

How are the sites for boneyards picked, both for the military and civilian? On Smyrna ANG base, for example, they have random old commercial airliner shells just lying in this field that we ran by for our ROTC indocs.

 

[jmcquate]

How are the sites for boneyards picked, both for the military and civilian? On Smyrna ANG base, for example, they have random old commercial airliner shells just lying in this field that we ran by for our ROTC indocs.

Climate is a big part of it. Dry desert air tends to preserve aircraft.

 

[ACowboyinTexas]

I'll buy a beer for the first AW to post a pic of "Flying Ace 524" sitting in the desert. Here she is in happier days.

 

[Afterburner76]

any idea which boneyard this is?

 

[Hozer]

What an amazing number of F-4's! Must be over 200 there...