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03-10-2010, 01:13 PM
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| The World's Largest Airplane Graveyard
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Dubbed The Boneyard, but officially known as the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) facility, this sprawling US airbase is reputed to be the world's largest military aircraft cemetery.
Spread across the huge 2,600 acre site, equivalent in size to 1,430 football pitches, is a collection of over 4,000 retired aircraft including nearly every plane the US armed forces have flown since World War II.
Now, for the first time, a series of high resolution satellite images of the four square mile-site have been released by Google Earth. They show in incredible detail the full range of aircraft found at the site.
[object]To magnify this image of 'The Boneyard' mouse over the left-hand panel
Among the aircraft are B-52 Cold War-era bombers that were retired in the 1990s under the the terms of the SALT disarmament treaties signed between the US and the Soviet Union.
Also, on show are dozens of F-14 fighter planes which were retired from the US Navy in 2006 and featured in the Hollywood movie, Top Gun. The Boneyard has also featured in a series of films, the most recent being Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.
Located in Tucson, Arizona, on the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, the facility was first set up shortly after World War II. It was chosen for its high altitude and arid conditions, that mean the aircraft can be left outdoors without deteriorating too quickly.
A major industrial centre, AMARG manages an inventory of more than 4,200 aircraft and 40 aerospace vehicles.
In addition to being a massive plane park, AMARG also refurbishes aircraft, returning them to flying status or preparing them to be transported overland.
Officials at the base say that the parts reclaimed and aircraft withdrawn turns every tax dollar spent into 11 dollars in return.
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03-10-2010, 01:50 PM
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ken block probably knows about this place....
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03-10-2010, 01:50 PM
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Saw that pic on http://www.artificialowl.net/
It's a sweet pic and it hurts my eyes to look at it for too long.
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03-10-2010, 01:54 PM
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ooooo neat
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03-10-2010, 02:04 PM
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thats massive
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03-10-2010, 02:05 PM
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03-10-2010, 11:24 PM
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holy shit look at all that money wasted by the Americans.
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03-10-2010, 11:28 PM
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03-11-2010, 05:55 AM
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trippy photo
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03-11-2010, 07:05 AM
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i think that's where they shot ROTF and Michael Bay had access to some of them to blow up.
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03-11-2010, 07:25 AM
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I wonder what other images that google has that aren't allowed to be shown...yet.
But that just blows my mind with that amount of planes gone wasted and not recycled for parts or scrap metal. Posted via RS Mobile | |
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03-11-2010, 07:31 AM
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03-11-2010, 07:33 AM
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""Officials at the base say that the parts reclaimed and aircraft withdrawn turns every tax dollar spent into 11 dollars in return. """" *
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03-11-2010, 08:51 AM
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it reminds me of that level on Modern Warfare 2 :|
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03-11-2010, 10:57 PM
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#15 | | Revscene.net has a homepage?!
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hi, i'm hyde and how did you get pictures of my private hangar?
that airbase is pretty sick though.
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03-11-2010, 11:05 PM
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