What 35 BILLION Dollars of Abandoned Aircraft Looks Like #Shorts

The 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, aka, “The Boneyard”, is a United States Air Force storage and maintenance facility in Tucson, Arizona, located on the Davis–Monthan Air Force Base.

As of right now, there are around 3,100 planes in the boneyard. A lot of them are used planes from the 1950s and 60s, with an estimated collective worth of $35 Billion. It should be noted that despite the “boneyard” nickname, these planes aren’t just wasting away.

Part of the reason the boneyard is located in Arizona is because the dry air helps preserve the aircraft. Less moisture in the air equals less rust and corrosion. In fact, some planes are stored in conditions which would allow them to be reactivated without too much trouble, whilst others are set up to be stripped of parts to keep active planes in the air.

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[HoyaSaxaSD]

Remember the 80s movie Can’t Buy Me Love? Upon arriving in Tucson, I was disappointed to learn that you can’t just hop a wall and go watch the stars on top of a B-52 at night on a date, like the movie showed.

[thatjokerperson]

Think about it

70 year old planes fly alot better in a war than no planes

[troutbassncat]

It'll be a sad day, when the A-10 Warthog is kept there indefinitely.

[scottboehmer]

I feel like we're going to be needing some of these for WWIII

[Leonard]

This place is so legendary that even Jeremy Clarkson in his heyday made a short tv story about it

[fixitwithfire]

I’ve pulled parts from the boneyard to make mission capable aircraft. It’s not something you can appreciate from pictures.

[phantomdrac]

Bring back the Phantom, Tomcat and re-activate and upgrade the Tigershark!!

[Yogasefski]

At about a 1/3 of the way, I swear that I saw an F-106 Delta Dart.
How much Mr. SecDef?

[GorillaCookies]

My dad worked there in the mid 90s and said if needed the majority of the aircraft there could be made airworthy pretty quickly. Most were mothballed while in excellent condition with up to date maintenance and parts.

[paulcseley]

I worked at the 309th for a few years, know all of these aircraft very well. Just down the road is the A10 SLEP line ( Service Life Extension Program)

[RVBob]

MCAS Cherry Point has a smaller version (or they did back in the 80's) for H-46 helicopters. I've been there several times cannibalizing parts for fleet birds when I was stationed in Norfolk.

[kali]

I live down the street from this! Always awesome driving by!

[squatchpnw]

It would be awesome to tour the boneyard

[Lee]

I visited this incredible facility during a drive from Philadelphia to San Francisco. It’s a mind blower!

[Guseppe]

Is the Tomcat here too?
I'm not sure because The Navy said they want to crush them😭

[Motor-City-Mike]

My father's AT-6 WWII trainer (decommissioned) came from there - purchased at scrap aluminum prices, a friend flew the plane (needing no work) to Michigan, already in flight condition before storage.
Gotta love WWII leftovers.

[wvmike]

Now we just leave working planes in Afghanistan. Thanks Brandon.

[randygunn]

It's said that if need be.Americas boneyard could get a fleet of aircraft in the area of 1500 units up and running in a matter of days if need be.thats more than most all other countries

[kingderelict]

As a child in the 70s I lived in Tucson. We lived within a bike ride of the boneyard and we would go and play around the fenceline of this property. There were holes under the fence and sometimes we'd sneak in and play under the various aircraft. Not often, but a few times. That was the 1970s though, I'm sure security is better now.

[covenant]

If the war brakes out, you will have a nice reunion with that aircrafts. You will see all of them in the air.