Posted on May 20, 2022
The great aviation graveyard: New aerial images show thousands of military planes neatly left to...
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Likely you'll find some of your memories in these photos.
The great aviation graveyard: New aerial images show thousands of military planes neatly left to...
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Once A Mighty Bomber, A B-52 Meets Its End In The Desert
The Air Force on Thursday destroyed the last B-52 bomber required under the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty with Russia. A crew used a circular saw to cut through the plane's aluminum skin, the tail section separating from the fuselage with a loud thunk and officially rendering the bomber useless.
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SrA John Monette
Bringing some of them out of retirement. The B-1s and B-2s can't handle the pressure.
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SrA John Monette they I actually have done that in the last couple years.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/us-air-force-bringing-b-52-bomber-back-dead-196731
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/us-air-force-bringing-b-52-bomber-back-dead-196731
The U.S. Air Force Is Bringing the B-52 Bomber Back From the Dead
It isn't that uncommon for older military hardware to return to service after being mothballed or sent out to the not-so proverbial pasture.
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Don't know how many may still be recognizable as an aircraft but every aircraft I've flown are, or have been, there.
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Drove by D-M since my sister in law lives in Tucson. But I have never been on post or to the boneyard.
Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen have you ever visited?
Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen have you ever visited?
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CWO4 Terrence Clark
The boneyard has limited access but easily viewed from the perimeter roads. Pima Air Museum next door is worth the stop. From this old sailor's viewpoint, AF bases are much nicer than Navy bases.
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