This is where Warbirds go at the end of their days....... Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona
It is difficult to comprehend the number of military aircraft in dead storage until you see these photographs! Even if you have seen this before. It is the 3rd largest Air Force in the world and is just sitting on the ground here. Thanks John - thebirdman.org/ - some aircraft are minus on love. They do think big.
It has been said that they are there so that Russian satellites can see them; it reduces Russian suspicions a bit.
Big? Make that enormous.
This one is not retired, it is bombed up and ready to go -
http://www.ng.mil/news/archives/2008/01/images/013008-arizona_AG-full.jpg
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www.shenidar.com/sec/
They even do weekly tours so that people can see where their tax dollars have
gone.
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base ex Wiki
Davis–Monthan Air Force Base (DM AFB) (IATA: DMA, ICAO: KDMA, FAA LID: DMA) is a United States Air Force base located within the city limits approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) south-southeast of downtown Tucson, Arizona. It was established in 1925 as Davis-Monthan Landing Field. The host unit for Davis–Monthan AFB is the 355th Fighter Wing (355 FW) assigned to Twelfth Air Force (12AF), part of Air Combat Command (ACC). The base is best known as the location of the Air Force Materiel Command's 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (309 AMARG), the aircraft boneyard for all excess military and U.S. government aircraft and aerospace vehicles.
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