Comments on: The Bone Yard near Davis Monthan Air Force Base

By: True North

True North — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:34:10 +0000

I live here in Tucson. It is a very real place. The Davis-Monthan Air Force Base is right next to it so if there is a need for parts, it is right there. And it is not the only boneyard in the city. I have even seen other boneyards, obviously not as large, that housed some Somalian aircraft. The reason we have so much housed here is because the climate is so dry and rarely any bad weather. Perfect place for them as they may be needed to be reassembled later. To get a picture of how large this is, you would need to look at it through Google Earth. The Pima Air Museum is across the street from the boneyard which houses many planes of historical interest as well as some very recent ones. I was in the Presidencial plane for Kennedy and you could even still smell the cigarettes!

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:08:21 +0000

The last time I was in Tucson was 1965. The one thing that I thought was so neat, was that you could go up on Mt.Lemon, which is north of Tucson. Looking down in the direction of the air base was like looking down at a huge sheep of aluminum foil. What a site. To imagine all of the tax payers money that purchased all of these units really staggers the imagination.

By: Dave Callender

Dave Callender — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 17:36:47 +0000

It’s easier to talk the talk then walk the walk! The easiest way to make themselves feel better about their situation is to put down someone else.

By: Silverstreak

Silverstreak — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 04:57:43 +0000

Why is it there is always some jerks that think they have to turn the comments section into their own political bullshit comments as the ones about India air force and Isreal. Who cares, its one thing if the article is about such things but this one is about retired aircraft and nothing more. It would be interesting to see such a large collection of aircraft that a lot of people that do not live near airforce base have ever seen.

By: Ernie

Ernie — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 06:03:06 +0000

I love to see this place! I seen it on TV a few times.

By: kenn mutuma

kenn mutuma — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:50:59 +0000

just one word OMG………….i bet the chinese have something up their sleeves

By: haywire

haywire — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 13:27:22 +0000

Another interesting aside is that the Russians have similiar locations where their unused aircraft can be viewed/counted by satellites…..keeps everybody honest I’m told.

By: Billy Bob

Billy Bob — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 03:30:16 +0000

Um that would eventually get to the terrorists, and we dont want that.

By: ali

ali — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 18:34:48 +0000

down with israel because it keeled people of palestin

By: Unknown Wing

Unknown Wing — Sat, 29 May 2010 14:42:09 +0000

Man i would love to buy myself a B-52H. Probable wont though. But to my question, Can you purchase any aircraft from here?