The Boneyard at Davis-Monthan AFB

[Minefield]

This is where all Air Force planes go after retirement. It must be a cool place to visit, since the public can explore it with little restrictions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_uKZ0a1KaI

[ubermensche]

Looks like I found the place for my next vacation!

[FlintHillBilly]

It must be a cool place to visit, since the public can explore it with little restrictions.

I believe that is incorrect being it's a bus tour.

Now the museum next door is pretty damn impressive. Quite the selection of planes/helicopters to keep you busy for hours.

[Euroamerican]

DMAFB and AMARC are locked down except for the above described bus tours, if they are still doing those..

You want to go to the Pima Air Museum. It is awesome. Go in Spring or Fall when it isn't too hot yet! There are also private scrapping and refurb businesses around south Tucson that you can drive by and look at hanger queens and aircraft that are getting recycled or smelted.

I believe we have at least one member here on MP.Net who works at the Pima Air Museum.

[James]

DMAFB and AMARC are locked down except for the above described bus tours, if they are still doing those..

You want to go to the Pima Air Museum. It is awesome. Go in Spring or Fall when it isn't too hot yet! There are also private scrapping and refurb businesses around south Tucson that you can drive by and look at hanger queens and aircraft that are getting recycled or smelted.

I believe we have at least one member here on MP.Net who works at the Pima Air Museum.

Word.

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[FlintHillBilly]

DMAFB and AMARC are locked down except for the above described bus tours, if they are still doing those..

You want to go to the Pima Air Museum. It is awesome. Go in Spring or Fall when it isn't too hot yet!

I was at Pima in October and got to spend a few hours at the Museum, well worth the money and well worth a revisit IMO. I asked about the bone yard and they were at the time doing bus tours but my dumb self decided to go on a Saturday. So no tour for me. Next time if the bone yard is available I'll be sure to not go on a weekend. I took hundreds of photos at Pima alone.

Just a few.

[andypandy820]

I'm all for preserving a bit of history, but there must be millions of dollars worth of scrap metal in the boneyard.

[Lt-Col A. Tack]

I was at Pima in October and got to spend a few hours at the Museum, well worth the money and well worth a revisit IMO. I asked about the bone yard and they were at the time doing bus tours but my dumb self decided to go on a Saturday. So no tour for me. Next time if the bone yard is available I'll be sure to not go on a weekend. I took hundreds of photos at Pima alone.

Great shots, sir.

[Cstafford]

That p-51D looking jet is classy as hell looking.

[C.Puffs]

That YC-14 is just depressing. And I wonder if they could get that B-58 back in the air with a lot of work? I know if I were Bill Gates that'd be my warbird (if they'd sell it to me).

[Euroamerican]

I'm all for preserving a bit of history, but there must be millions of dollars worth of scrap metal in the boneyard.

That's what they do in AMARC. Everything useful eventually gets recycled.

[C.Puffs]

That's what they do in AMARC. Everything useful eventually gets recycled.

World's largest cannibalization yard.

[Elbs]

I'm all for preserving a bit of history, but there must be millions of dollars worth of scrap metal in the boneyard.

And even more millions in spare parts waiting to be sold off.

[armored_diplomacy]

I´d love to visit it, so much history there !

[subotai]

I´d love to visit it, so much history there !

Love that place. I wish the website had the history of the aircraft that the museum book does.
These are some of my favorite birds there:

http://www.pimaair.org/collection-detail.php?cid=36
http://www.pimaair.org/collection-detail.php?cid=58
http://www.pimaair.org/collection-detail.php?cid=92