Many wonder what all those aircraft are doing just sitting there in Marana, Arizona. Most will tell you it's a boneyard or graveyard for old aircraft, and they'd be right, but there's more to the ...

The aircraft retirement home in Arizona is well worth a visit. ... A Tour of the Boneyard The aircraft retirement home in Arizona is well worth a visit. John Sotham. August 25, 2014.

Here they wait. Wait for destruction, stripping or in some cases, reprieve. This is the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, aka The Boneyard.

Aircraft noses, from left, include the Vickers Viscount, Boeing 727 and C-130 during the Boneyard Safari tour at Aircraft Restoration and Marketing, 5080 E. Nebraska, on Feb. 4, 2017, in Tucson ...

Pinal Airpark is a general-aviation airport available to all pilots If you want a closer look at the dozens of aircraft parked there, you must arrange a tour Those enrolled in the pilot- and ...

At Davis Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, the Arizona desert heat is the retirement setting for some of our nation's most heralded military aircraft, from bombers and tankers, to fighters like ...

Right now, the Boneyard's inventory is down a bit. There are just over 3,300 aircraft and just over 6,800 engines. They also store the jigs, the fixtures and the dies that were used to make all of ...

An airplane boneyard in Arizona. By Kelly Yamanouchi. Jan 4, 2018. ... The desert send-off came after the 747’s final commercial flights and farewell tour in late December.

However, perhaps the largest of all these unique resting places is in Arizona. In a place commonly known as "The Boneyard," over 3,000 retired military and government aircraft sit neatly lined up ...