Sam Eckholm on MSN

3,000 warplanes were left in one desert for a reason - America's giant aircraft graveyard

Spread across 2,600 acres (1,050 hectares) in the Arizona desert, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base is home to the world's largest ...
19FortyFive on MSN

The 'boneyard' outside of Tucson, Arizona is a US Air Force graveyard: Some old bombers like the B-1B Lancer get 'reborn'

The military aircraft boneyard outside Tucson, officially the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, covers ...
Yahoo

Why airlines store their unused planes in these desert graveyards

Gaze at the desert from space and you'll eventually spot something more than just sand and rock. These vast expanses are dotted with storage yards full of planes that once graced the skies. An arid ...
Business Today

Inside the world's largest aircraft graveyard: Where 4,000+ planes go to rest

Aircraft storage at Davis-Monthan began in 1945, when the 4105th Army Air Forces Base Unit was organised to house Boeing B-29 Superfortresses and Douglas C-47 Skytrains left over after the war. The ...
AOL

Inside one of the world's biggest aircraft 'graveyards' where planes go to die — and airlines can dissect them for parts

There are approximately 8,000 "end-of-life retired aircraft" sitting in deserts, jungles, and storage yards across the globe. Another 11,000 planes are expected to join them over the next 10 years.