TUCSON, Ariz. -- It's nicknamed the Boneyard. It sits on 2,600 acres of desert land, with more than 3,000 military aircraft on the Air Force’s Davis-Monthan Base. It's more than a retirement home for ...

Bomber Rise from the Boneyard! The U.S. Air Force is reactivating the B-1B Lancer bomber, tail number 86-0115, nicknamed “Rage,” from storage to fill operational gaps. This is the second B-1B to be ...

Four fighter jets lifted off the runway Tuesday at Hector International Airport with one last familiar roar. The Happy Hooligans' F-16s made a final flight over Fargo's frozen landscape and headed ...

If you are unfamiliar with the term airplane boneyards, let us simplify it for you. An airplane boneyard is a graveyard for aircraft. It is a huge area of land where planes that are retired or out of ...

They call it the “boneyard,” but in 2019 alone, it saved taxpayers $405.9 million. The U.S. Air Force’s 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (309 AMARG) stores and maintains ...

To paraphrase an old military catchphrase, “old warbirds never die, they simply rust away.” Retired American aircraft are often sent to the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, which has been the ...

Developing a strategic aircraft reserve -- Aircraft storage and disposal -- Along the storage rows -- Scrapping the big fleets -- Inventory by aircraft type -- Boneyard tours and Pima Air & Space ...

Kathleen Allen Apr 20, 2017 Apr 20, 2017 Updated May 8, 2017 Aircraft history is scattered all over a big dirt lot in southeast Tucson. And once a month, you can explore it. Boneyard Safari, founded ...

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 cockpit of an F-18 fighter ...