{"id":2958,"date":"2015-11-17T09:51:20","date_gmt":"2015-11-17T09:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.migflug.com\/jetflights\/?p=2958"},"modified":"2026-06-26T18:07:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T16:07:49","slug":"us-air-force-graveyard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/it\/us-air-force-graveyard\/","title":{"rendered":"Questo cimitero sarebbe la seconda pi\u00f9 grande base aerea del mondo."},"content":{"rendered":"The so called <b>\u00a0bone yard -\u00a0<\/b>The Graveyard that would be the second largest Air Force in the world:\r\n\r\n<iframe hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FvX4jc-hiIg\" title=\"US Testing New Monstrously Powerful Catapult on Aircraft Carrier\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FvX4jc-hiIg?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n\r\nThe world famous US Air Force bone yard for surplus or out dated aircraft. Davis\u2013Monthan Air Force Base (DM AFB) (IATA: DMA, ICAO: KDMA, FAA LID: DMA) is a United States Air Force base located south-southeast of Tucson, Arizona. The base is known as the location of the USAF\u00a0Materiel Command's 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) - the \"aircraft boneyard\" for all excess military as well as government aircraft. Tucson's dry climate and alkali soil made it an ideal location for aircraft storage and preservation. Davis\u2013Monthan Air Force Base is the sole aircraft boneyard for excess military and government aircraft.\r\n<h2>History of the Air Force Boneyard<\/h2>\r\nEstablished in 1925 as Davis-Monthan Landing Field, the host unit headquartered the 355th Fighter Wing assigned to Twelfth Air Force, which was part of the Air Combat Command (ACC). The base was named after\u00a0Tucson native\u00a0WWI pilots Lieutenants Samuel H. Davis and Oscar Monthan. Davis attended University of Arizona prior to enlisting in the Army in 1917. He died in a Florida aircraft accident in 1921. Monthan enlisted in the Army as a private in 1917. In \u00a01918, he was commissioned as a ground officer and later became a pilot. Monthan was killed in the crash of a Martin bomber in Hawaii in 1924.\r\n\r\n<strong>World War II<\/strong>\r\nWhen the USAF prepared for WWII in 1940, Davis-Monthan Airport became Tucson Army Air Field. \u00a0It became the Davis-Monthan Army Air Field on 3 December 1941. Boeing B-29 Superfortress, B-24 Liberato and Douglas B-18 Bolo\u00a0started training and\u00a0observation missions from here.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/11\/USAF-Aircraft-Boneyard.jpg\"><img data-opt-id=2047897816  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-2963\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:670\/h:419\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/www.migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/USAF-Aircraft-Boneyard-670x419.jpg\" alt=\"USAF Aircraft Boneyard\" width=\"474\" height=\"296\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Postwar years<\/strong>\r\nWith the end of the WWII, operations ended and the airbase was selected as a storage site for countless\u00a0decommissioned aircraft. As mentioned before, Tucson's low humidity and alkali soil made it an ideal location for storage and preservation of decommissioned aircraft, ready to be disassembled or reused. F-15s and F-16s sitting there for example could be brought back to service within 72h if needed.\r\n\r\nThe airfield still has this role today, with a huge storage area. All the aircraft sitting there\u00a0would be 2nd largest Air Force in the World!\n\n<!-- mf-faq -->\n\n<div class=\"mf-faq-block\"><style>.mf-faq-block{margin:34px 0}.mf-faq-item:not([open]) .mf-faq-answer{display:none !important}.mf-faq-block h2.mf-faq-h{padding-top:22px;margin-bottom:14px}.mf-faq-item{border:1px solid #e2e8f5;border-radius:8px;margin:0 0 10px;background:#fff}.mf-faq-item summary{list-style:none;cursor:pointer;padding:15px 50px 15px 18px;font-weight:600;color:#1a1a1a;position:relative;line-height:1.45;user-select:none}.mf-faq-item summary::-webkit-details-marker{display:none}.mf-faq-item summary::after{content:\"+\";position:absolute;right:18px;top:50%;transform:translateY(-50%);font-size:1.5em;font-weight:400;color:#5C91FF;line-height:1}.mf-faq-item[open] summary::after{content:\"\\2013\"}.mf-faq-item[open] summary{border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f8}.mf-faq-item summary:hover{background:#f5f8ff}.mf-faq-answer{padding:14px 18px;color:#333;line-height:1.6}.mf-faq-answer p{margin:0}.mf-faq-answer a{color:#5C91FF}<\/style><h2 class=\"mf-faq-h\">Related Questions<\/h2><details class=\"mf-faq-item\"><summary>What is the aircraft boneyard?<\/summary><div class=\"mf-faq-answer\"><p>The aircraft boneyard is a large desert facility where retired or surplus military and government aircraft are stored and preserved. The most famous is the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona, whose stored fleet is so large it has been likened to a major air force. See <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/strangest-aircraft-graveyards-on-earth\/\">the strangest aircraft graveyards on Earth<\/a>.<\/p><\/div><\/details><details class=\"mf-faq-item\"><summary>Where is the US military aircraft boneyard?<\/summary><div class=\"mf-faq-answer\"><p>The main US military aircraft boneyard is at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, located south-southeast of Tucson, Arizona. It is home to the Air Force Materiel Command's 309th AMARG and is the sole storage site for excess US military and government aircraft.<\/p><\/div><\/details><details class=\"mf-faq-item\"><summary>Why is the aircraft boneyard in Arizona?<\/summary><div class=\"mf-faq-answer\"><p>Tucson's dry desert climate, low humidity and hard alkali soil make it ideal for storing aircraft. The arid conditions slow corrosion, and the firm ground lets aircraft be parked without paved surfaces, so airframes can be preserved for years or stripped for parts. <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/dead-a380-superjumbos-spare-parts-goldmine\/\">Stored aircraft are a spare-parts goldmine<\/a>.<\/p><\/div><\/details><details class=\"mf-faq-item\"><summary>How big is the Davis-Monthan boneyard?<\/summary><div class=\"mf-faq-answer\"><p>The Davis-Monthan boneyard at AMARG holds thousands of aircraft spread across the desert, so many that its combined fleet has been described as large enough to rank among the biggest air forces in the world. Aircraft are kept for possible reactivation, parts reclamation or eventual disposal.<\/p><\/div><\/details><details class=\"mf-faq-item\"><summary>Who is Davis-Monthan Air Force Base named after?<\/summary><div class=\"mf-faq-answer\"><p>Davis-Monthan Air Force Base is named after two Tucson-born World War I pilots, Lieutenants Samuel H. 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