Wednesday, December 09, 2009

Arizona Airplane Boneyard

Near Davis Monthan AFB, thousands of decommissioned U.S. military aircraft are stored here with German-like precession. I think my tax dollars from my 1980s earnings from Arby's paid for 1/10,000,000,000,000 of that. Well, at least we won the Cold War.






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3 comments:

  1. F1 OutsiderDecember 9, 2009 at 9:34 AM

    I wonder if there is any strategic advantage to keeping all this metal laying around in Arizona instead of recycling the metal. They'll definitely not rust away in the desert.

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  2. F1 OutsiderDecember 9, 2009 at 9:45 AM

    Guess I should've clicked on the "source" link before leaving my comment:

    Of course the important thing to remember is that they are all capable of being returned to service if the need ever
    arises

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  3. Graham ClaytonMarch 31, 2019 at 8:48 PM

    There are gaps and spaces in the lines - are these individual aircraft that have been returned to service?

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