The Boneyard
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The Boneyard is the vast U.S. military aircraft storage and preservation facility at Davis–Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona, where thousands of retired aircraft are kept for long-term storage, parts reclamation, and disposal.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Boneyard canonical | 2 |
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
aircraft storage facility
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military facility ⓘ |
| advantage |
alkaline soil suitable for supporting parked aircraft without paving
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low humidity for corrosion control ⓘ minimal rainfall for aircraft preservation ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
AMARG
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Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center NERFINISHED ⓘ Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group NERFINISHED ⓘ aircraft boneyard ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Davis–Monthan Air Force Base
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Tucson metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | arid ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| hasProcess |
application of protective coatings
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demilitarization of retired aircraft ⓘ mothballing of aircraft ⓘ periodic inspection of stored aircraft ⓘ reclamation of reusable components ⓘ scrapping and recycling of aircraft materials ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arizona
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Davis–Monthan Air Force Base NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonoran Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ Tucson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Mountain Standard Time ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the world’s largest aircraft storage facilities
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large concentration of stored aircraft ⓘ rows of preserved aircraft visible from the air ⓘ |
| operatedBy | 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| partOf |
Air Force Sustainment Center
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United States Air Force Materiel Command NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
aircraft disposal
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aircraft preservation ⓘ aircraft regeneration ⓘ long-term aircraft storage ⓘ parts reclamation ⓘ |
| stores |
foreign military aircraft under U.S. custody
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retired U.S. Air Force aircraft ⓘ retired U.S. Army aircraft ⓘ retired U.S. Coast Guard aircraft ⓘ retired U.S. Marine Corps aircraft ⓘ retired U.S. Navy aircraft ⓘ retired government agency aircraft ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
aerial photography
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documentaries about military aviation ⓘ news reports on U.S. military drawdowns ⓘ |
| surfaceType | hard desert soil ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cannibalization of aircraft for spare parts
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preservation of aircraft for potential future use ⓘ scrapping of obsolete aircraft ⓘ storage of government aircraft ⓘ storage of retired military aircraft ⓘ storage of surplus military aircraft ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group