How The World's Largest Airplane Boneyard Stores 3,100 Aircraft | Big Business
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- The 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group stores thousands of retired military, forest service, and NASA aircraft in the Arizona desert. The massive collection of F-16s, C-5s, B-52s, A-4 Skyhawks, and others would be the world's second largest air force. But the planes don't just come here to die. Parts are reclaimed and entire planes are regenerated so they can go back into service.
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How The World's Largest Airplane Boneyard Stores 3,100 Aircraft | Big Business
*For a person loving aircrafts that place is no less than a paradise...*
Not nearly as awesome as Paradise Ranch, but there are some JANET 732's in the Boneyard.
The plural for the word 'aircraft' is 'aircraft'. There is no such word as 'aircrafts'.
@@stevevalerio4968 How do you say tomato?
For an aircraft loving person**
iRespect, 🇺🇸
Col. Barnard is one of the most down to earth Maintenance Officer I have ever met. I’m a former knuckle dragger crew chief. Interviewed her for a leadership paper while in college when she was a deputy commander of 412th MXG at KEDW. Great lady. I’m happy that she is the commander at AMARG.
Yh sure u were
@@gmanpvp3329 it makes sense. Crew chiefs often see commanders a lot because of the nature of their job it’s easy to screw up. Missing tools, damaging the aircraft, etc.
@@lostinYourReality im on bout this miguel guy hes not known her
Col. Barnard refer's to to the Aircraft as assets which she is correct but i recon that she is an important asset as well.
No you didn't
One of my old Air Force bosses got into a wee bit of trouble back in the early 70's just after Vietnam, while assigned to Davis-Monthan AFB. His punishment was guard detail as a Security Augmentee for 30 days in the boneyard. It consisted of roaming around the boneyard and reporting in by radio every half hour. He said at the time they still had many WWII and Korean War era aircraft as well as newly retired jet fighters, jet bombers, and multi prop transports. The boneyard was huge and he was put in different sectors on his shifts. At the time he was told there were over 10,000 aircraft crammed into the boneyard. As newer models came in, but older ones were condemned, scrapped for parts, or sold off to other countries. He said it was eerily quiet out there, but there was the constant sound of metal flexing from the hot sun into the cool evenings. Most activity was during the day and his shift was at night. It was just him (and a couple of other augmentees), an occasional maintenance team, and roving SP patrols that made sure no one was sneaking in to steal parts or vandalizing planes. His only other company was the occasional coyote or other desert creatures. Otherwise, it was a quiet punishment.
i just want to do that, would not be punishment at all hanging out at night way out there ,
And they paid him to do that. I do it free for a couple weeks. I've got a few old aircraft friends that I used to fly on I'd like to revisit
Sounds like an okay punishment for me since I like quietness and calmness
His punishment seems like a dream to me
Yeah I want to do that
It's amazing how much time, energy and money has to go into simply maintaining aircraft when they don't do anything, it's honestly surprising airlines like Ryanair are able to turn a profit
It's cheap compaired to scrapping them and building new ones when they need them.
Well, Ryanair's model is pretty much not to do that most of the time. They operate an all 737 fleet to simplify maintenance and training and they have them in the air for as much as possible, where they make money. It might not be flashy but it's a damn successful model most of the time.
Flag carriers and other airlines that operate a larger range of aircraft including long-range ones also try to maximise the time the aircraft are actually in the air. Freight carriers often operate older aircraft like the DC-10/MD-11 and A300 profitably because they spend more time on the ground because they have to link up to the logistics network. While the older aircraft might be too fuel inefficient and lacking in comfort for passenger service, cargo operators can pick them up for cheaper than the alternatives and the fuel inefficiency doesn't matter as much when they spend less time in the air.
Generally, airlines don't want to do any sort of bone-yarding like this because that aircraft isn't making them any money. Better to sell or lease it to another airline if it can't be used. But, due to the massive collapse in demand for air travel due to the pandemic, airlines have been forced to do this over the past year. Take a look at photos from Alice Springs. Cathay and Singapore Airlines among others have been plonking even massive aircraft like A380s there to wait it out.
Yea, most of the ppl could fly with quater of price when i look at these huge waste of everything
@@uydudanbak Is your usual choice of carrier the USAF? Do they throw you in the back of a C-130 or perhaps strap you into the weapons bay of an F-35?
@@Deathmastertx hahaha
Everybody gangsta till you here “Autobots, Roll Out!”
I too have seen that documentary
Lmfaoo
Lmao
A part of transformers was filmed here
*hear
Having worked at DM for three years, it was always a delight to drive by the rows of aircraft under the AMARG ownership. As a tanker pilot, I also appreciated that numerous replacement parts were coming off retired tankers. It truly is a national resource.
My Dad landed a C-130 at Antarctica with ski's. Said it was one of the most exciting things he had ever done.
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Did it also take off on skis?
@@gregorygrimm5540 People who liked the comment, liked the comment, it doesnt mean their dads did the same.
@@gregorygrimm5540 why do u think likes means theyre dads did the same thing. Your flat out cooky.
Every video has a guy with a dad or brother who was there and did that 😂
I live in Arizona and my parents work at the base. I love this episode!
My dad lives behind the C130s
most of my family has at some point served at davis monthan
Bro me too! I drive past the boneyard and I'm always like 😎
@Darius Mir yes😎
I work on base across the street from the boneyard, but I’m not your dad.
I don’t know anything but I’m pretty sure that test flight guy has the best job ever. Sounds like he gets to go out and have some fun with all the planes
Fun fact:
During the height of the pandemic, when air travel was near zero, all the major airlines sent some of their unused aircraft down to Tucson for the same preservation reasons the video talks about.
Lots of civilian stock is currently on the ground at Pinal Airpark, on the north end of Tucson.. They are covered with what appears to be a self stick metal foil on windows and other openings. Everything from dozens of American Eagle airlines commuter jets, to wide body large planes that are up on cribbing and being picked to pieces. Really a cool place. If you are in the area, it's well worth a stop, and don't miss the Flight Line Lounge, one of the funkiest bars you will ever see.
Can confirm, too many grounded planes in Tucson when I was out.
Not a pandemic. A lockdown. Never done before to healthy people. Did nothing but make things worse.
@@kerrykerry5778 Is this where the United 727 is (was)?
Could be a COD map
It already is...Boneyard
If u played mw2 its one of the missions
Came here for this that campaign mission where theres a lot of juggernauts lol
That would be lit
Soap, DO NOT TRUST SHEPHERD, I repeat, DO NOT TRUST SHEPHERD!
I hope Colonel Barnard gets her star and more before she retires! Her energy is phenomenal. She is no kill joy! It’s been a privilege and honor to learn of her and her team and what they do. Airline companies must be salivating just awaiting the day she transitions to civilian life.
💯
I have been an Aircraft Maintenance Technician for 38 years, and that would be a dream job.
Sounds like they’d be happy to have you then!
And there is no production to speak of (fix it and get it flying people again!)...
I always love to see people (regardless of what they do) having fun and being proud of who they are as a person in position. That seems simple, but it's rarely the case in real life.
Thank you all for your service and dedication to our country, I love this place and every time I drive up Kolb it is awesome to see the silent work that goes on there, my uncle was stationed at DM several years ago and always said that it may be quiet on the outside looking in but this base is always got something going on. Thank you again.....God bless....
Tony Parrish....... Cochise County AZ
That place looks pretty fly.
I see what you did there
This comment I give the big like
REPORTED
Until a huge tornado comes in
hahahaha...
Yet another perfect example why we need Right-to-Repair legislation.
Reduce,Reuse,Recycle.
Imagine if Lockheed came down on the U.S. Millitary for repairing their aircraft.
I was thinking the same thing. Today's/ future aircraft, each part is probably serialised and can only be used with that particular plane, like the iphone
@@scootergrant8683 This is already a problem in the military, read www.nytimes.com/2019/11/20/opinion/military-right-to-repair.html .
""Here’s One Reason the U.S. Military Can’t Fix Its Own Equipment
Manufacturers can prevent the Department of Defense from repairing certain equipment, which puts members of the military at risk""
@@icalledit4335 oof. 😬
@@icalledit4335 It is so dumb. I'm sorry suppliers but you are.
Being a test pilot has to be one of the most heroic jobs on earth
SN: I absolutely love her attitude. Thank you for your service Col. ❤️
She didn't have to be in uniform for me to know she had served in military. Her saying 'assets' was proof enough.
She's still in the military. It's a military facility.
Saying assets makes someonw seem like a game dev
*assets*
She called it the 'Boneyard'. They used to get deeply offended when you call it that.
I guess they've given up fighting it.
@@chloroplast8611 im a game dev
I could spend a week there and would never leave. That test pilot I think has everyone's dream job.. lucky s.o.b
Someone will hopefully read this comment.
I like airplanes.
That is all
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Tanks are much more cool.
That is all.
Someone will hopefully read this comment.
I like submarines.
That is all
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Helicopters are much more cool.
That is all.
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I like battleships.
That is all.
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I like rockets.
That is all
I'm inspired by that commander. She takes her job seriously and loves what she does. Nice!
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Went there for a tour several decades ago. I'm still impressed by the scale and dedication of the staff who work there.
how old are u ?
@@visorij3374 Went there for a tour in 1996 while attending a conference.
So this is place where the Autobots have been hiding waiting for Optimus's call
that would be cool hehe...as far i remember from old cartoons of transformers one was actually f14
As a British veteran. The US military always amazes me.
US military is pretty amazing except they say abt a story of a girl who was raised by two moms in an army ad
Don't the Brits have something similar?
She clearly knows her trade and damn am impressed with her knowledge
She’s a colonel for a reason...
@@genaroflores981 yes, politics
Yep she deserves her rank.
I relay enjoyed this, it's so sad to see aircraft on the ground just waiting to die, seeing them maintained and more than likely flown again is great !
In building demo controled demolition is only used in 2% of the cases because of its high probability to go wrong, it's extreme difficult to get a building down in even 1.5X it's footprint, so difficult it's only 2% of demolitions, but could we not just get these to flying condition, they don't need to be safe, just fit remotes and we good.
Buy NY math we can get 3 buildings for every two planes.
That's,
Millions of dollars saved.
Environmental cost lowered.
Free Entertainment for the public.
Plus you could just
Say terrorists did it for an extended resource gathering consent in the middle east, when the sad Kuwaiti girl story starts running thin.
Your welcome.
I drive by them everyday to get to work it’s pretty cool looking
Fix up the old f-15 and f-16s that are no longer in service and give them to Ukraine once the war is "over". Those older model planes will still be enough to deter Russia from trying anything again.
Lies again? Changi Airport
The saddest story is the fate of the F-14. Retired before it's time because of politics.
Great to meet you Col. Barnard. Love to see someone loving their job❤️
Just pulled up this place on Google maps and it's truly amazing.
I work about a mile from the boneyard, sometimes I drive by it on lunch just because it’s so cool.
Damn
Clearly Colonel Barnard has the coolest job in the USAF. One of the coolest military facilities in the united States in my opinion.
Yeah right in the Desert that's real cool during the Day
@@dessullivan668 the Job is cool the working conditions on the other hand
These aircrafts are bone yard of US army.
With the help of these aircrafts USA lost Korea War, Vietnam War, Somalia War, War IN Iraq and now War IN Afghanistan.
@@kamranmisri2366
The Korean War ended in a ceasefire with eventually the south gaining more land and the North losing land and more troops.
During the Vietnamese war the Americans achieved its objectives of halting Chinese influence and preventing the domino effect. The US military was also limited by engagement rules. They weren’t allowed to send troops into the North yet still managed to win nearly every battle. The Paris agreement was signed and both the North and South agreed to end the war so the USA and its allies left. The North BROKE that treaty and invaded the south. The US didn’t come back to help because 90% of the public was against the war since the start and the guy who said he’ll help wasn’t in office anymore.
The Gulf war 1991 was because Saddam invaded an American ally Kuwaiti and the Saudi’s asked for protection due to fears of invasion by Iraq. Kuwaiti asked for American help on live TV. The US got involved and ended up winning the war by 1993.
The war in Afghanistan was because of the war on terror of the 9/11 attacks. The US went into Afghanistan because the Taliban run country was harbouring Osama and allowing radicals to operate on its soil. The US easily defeated the Taliban in 2001. It was until 2008 Al Qaudia was eliminated and until 2012 Osama was killed. They succeeded and achieved those goals. The next 20 years were also spent rebuilding Afghanistan and preparing them to fight the war ALONE. Trillions were spent, gave them an airforce and army. Take the 300% GDP increase as an example. The US in 2019 ended the war with the Taliban through a treaty and now Afghanistan was responsible to fight on its own. America can’t be fighting Afghanistan’s war for them. They withdrew thinking Afghanistan was ready but were wrong. The ANA collapsed and the government fled the country. Keep in mind that for 20 years the Taliban couldn’t do shit. The Taliban lost every single offensive and defensive against coalition forces. It was NATOs nation building objective that failed not its military efforts.
Iraq war 2003 while the war was wrong and shouldn’t have happened. The US won the war and took the Capitol extremely quickly. Saddam was also killed by the US.
You’re ignorant and shouldn’t be talking on stuff you have no idea about. The US won the Gulf war and the Iraqi war indefinitely. The US military efforts in Vietnam were successful but its political efforts failed. The US military succeeded in Afghanistan but the US failed to rebuild Afghanistan. It’s astounding how people like you are so comfortable to spew bullshit and misinformation. Please I’m begging you to never come back to these topics without doing some research.
The war in Somalia was a UN mission to help fight famine. It was never a war or an invasion. Please I’m begging you just stop.
As someone who's been passionate about aviation since age 6, I'm grateful to see many of these a/c receive a second life. The F16 test pilot has an awesome job! All these people do an amazing job though. Be fun to visit and climb in these fine a/c.
Joe Biden doesn't even know where this is. If he did, he'd give them to Russia to rebuild and get 10 million dollars.
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I'm so so proud to be here last 2016 at davis-monthan airforce base, tucson, arizona. All the guys working at amarg and the military personnel were so kind. Massive thanks and more salute to you all sirs!.... Stay safe always.... God bless...
My first assignment in the Air Force was R & M (the junk yard) at Clark AB, Philippines, the largest AF base overseas at the time. These areas have an entirely different life than most people would believe. We kept a tow bar fro a B-52, including performing periodic maintenance, in the junk yard, in case there was an emergency landing of a B-52. B-52s were banned from the PI, but there were lots of flights from Guam to Vietnam, so we needed to be prepared. We also received a lot of excess equipment from Vietnam including the famous planes that sprayed agent orange. Those planes were cut up and the material disposed. Other equipment was demilitarized and sold as scrap to local contractors. Metal of any kind is very precious in that area. We had so much, the contractors ran out of money, so we had to store equipment until they could clear their inventories. In many cases, the waste of the government is overwhelming, but as usual, when Americans are given the chance, they can do amazing things. My favorite re utilization was a group of school desk to the Nun that ran the leaper colony school.
I have been to Clark AB on a TDY. I didn't know that stuff about B-52s, that's awesome. I currently work here at AMARG. The TDY happened in 2008? I was with the 63rd AMU from Luke AFB, we met up with a Marine unit with Harriers. From my understanding, it was the first since the volcano blew. I might be wrong on that.....
I drove past this site in the early 70's. It seemed to go on for miles, the scale is unimaginable.
Honestly looks like a fun place to go to and visit.
Tucson has an Air and Space museum and it's very similar to this.
Unless you have military ID or a family member with one you probably won't be able to get on base, but you can actually see a good portion of the planes from the road.
Actually you leave on the tour of the boneyard from the museum ... good duo visit day.
Look up Pima Air & Space Museum. You need to make reservations ahead of time to take a bus tour of the boneyard that leaves from their site.
I don't know if the tours are still in operation during Covid restrictions.
The museum is completely separate from the boneyard and it's very much worth a visit itself. It takes hours just to walk by every aircraft there. If you want to spend time on each one it could take . . . well, forever. Cool gift shop, too.
Ahh the boneyard, I fly here everyday!
Grew up about 20 years in Tucson about 10 minutes from Davis Monthan AFB. Drove by those exact planes almost daily. This video gave me so much nostalgia just seeing Tucson again, thank you.
I love driving by this. It's super cool. Can't believe I've lived here this long and still haven't been.
Great to see someone who is passionate about their job and I'll bet she knows that field and its "assets" like the back of her hand. Fascinating to see so many planes that apparently still have worth despite (in some cases) being over 50 years old.
I can remember my Dad taking me out to see the Goodyear Scrap Yard. Early 1960's or so. Stacks of WW2 airplanes that were already stripped and ready for crushing or shredding. The most memorable was a stack of F-86 fuselages right out by the fence plus some old Piasecki Helicopters. He would let me walk along the fence until I was tired. A wonderful time for a young boy.
Shout out to Tucson putting Arizona on the map!I remember almost getting arrested in front of the base cause my high ass made a wrong turn🤦🏻♂️
Amazing! As an airline industry veteran and a specialist in fleet management, I am more than impressed! Great job, Colonel!
Stationed at DM with the A10 unit during the eighties. I lived in base housing and ran the perimeter road around the AMARG area every morning. As an aircraft maintainer, I worked on a number of those birds and delighted in seeing them come to a useful end of life.
At David-Monthan, there are 3 former TWA 707s the last of their kind just sitting in the back of the storage facility. It would be amazing to see them saved and restored to a museum piece.
There is museum air Pima next to base
I live in Tucson and have driven by parts of the boneyard....it is very impressive! I had no idea how complex AMARG is!
I grew up driving by this place. There's actually an underpass that cuts through part of it and Davis Monthan AFB is right next to it (air force kid, so we drove by it every time back and forth to the base). Pima Air and Space museum is also pretty close by.
It broke my heart to see the KC-10A at the boneyard. Never thought I'd see the day. Barksdale KC10 crew chief 1990-1994
I know. Im a current KC-10 Crew Chief at Travis
@@kidtexas2: Travis was nothing but C-5Bs back during the 90s. Then changed from MAC to AMC and the massive base closures changed the composition of many USAF bases, Davis Monthan is actually much smaller mow than it was back in tu early 2000s. Congress has threatened to close many times before.
@@kidtexas2 are they still doing the dedicated crew chief program? I was assigned to 84-0188 most of my time.
@@n721sw 4188 is a McGuire tail now. i have no idea if they are at McGuire but at Travis?? Yes. They are bringing back nose art so we should see some new designs in retrospect to the older ones. Not sure when but hope before full retirement of the KC-10. Only Travis jets are in Al Dhafra at the moment. McGuire pulled theirs a little while back. Im a ACC on 79-1948 at Travis
@@kidtexas2 Ha! Good ole Al Dhafra! I was there in 93, long hours with no days off but we stayed in hotels and ate great, the biggest shrimp that I have ever seen!
It’s great to hear that they are bringing the nose art back, it will be neat to see if they use any of the original art.
The AF was awesome in the early 90’s, but things started changing and I got out. Still some of my best times in life, TDY all over the world. Hickam 8 times!
"Ghost! Come in, this is Price! We're under attack by Shepherd's men at the boneyard! Do not trust Shepherd! I say again, do not trust Shepherd!"
Roger
I think dis is the same footage boneyard MW2
Price: SOAP GET DOWN
Price: "Shepherd, where is the plane sauce!?"
"Yes sir, sorry sir."
Man of culture
1:28 F105 Thunderchief and F4 Phantom
The Pima Air and Space Museum used to offer tours of “The Boneyard” 10 or so years ago. I don’t know if they still do. But the one thing I remembered from back in 2005 was the Guillotine. A massive 10 Ton metal Blade dropped by a crane used to slice fuselages in half.
They have their own museum. The actual boneyard is on base and you can't go on there
Im a German aircraft mechanic, we do lots of C-Checks (very in-depth) and this is literally my dream place haha :)
April 17, 022----Did 10 in the Air Force, from 71 to 81 and it's SO strange seeing all the planes that were state of the art when I was in, now retired and many made into drones to be destroyed by those at Eglin. When I got out, the "teenagers" were just starting to reach front line units such as the F-14, F-15 and A-10....now stored there. Got into building models (mainly planes) and Monogram came out with a 1/48 scale, glass nosed B-25. He made a diorama out of it with a pamphlet to go with the unbuilt kit. It's sitting in a desert somewhere, waiting to be either sold or chopped up for scrap metal. Thanks for the video and while I never made it to the base back when I drove truck, I did spend some time at Pima Air Museum which has a lot of different aircraft on display.
it’s crazy to think I’ve been Passing thru this my whole life thinking it’ was a normal thing that they have in every state or city lol
Currently awaiting parts coming from here. Cool to see the actual process
I live very close to this facility and never knew many of the things that were presented in this video. Thank you so much for the detailed explanation.
I was stationed at DM when the storage area was known as MASDC. Military Aircraft Storage and Disposition Center. Exactly the same job. I was the driver for SO many tours of that space I got to know every plane and their individual stories. Those tours were the best part of being stationed at DM.
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Seeing the bone yard always brings a tear to my eyes. Especially when I see aircraft I used to fly in. I logged over 4000 hours in P-3s over 20+ years and I hate it that they’re in the bone yard.
3:07 they know what they're doing!
No way, who would've thought the US military is experienced?!
Until a huge tornado comes in
What's the deal with the subtitles? they tell me a whole different story!
They have been fixed! Thank you for letting us know they were the wrong ones.
@@abbynarishkin9025 How did you install another video's subtitles to the video? Are they done automatically through RUclips or manually to fit with the dialogues? 2021-03-02
@@AQuestioner not 100% sure but they might have pasted the wrong transcript into the subtitles bar since they probably due alot of subtitling and that gets mixed up from time to time
@Lol Bruh She was deployed to both Turkey and Afghanistan
The fact that there are F4s there is amazing. Wonder if they have any Tomcats laying around.
5 or 6 waiting to go to museums last time I checked (a while ago)
@@blackpowder13 F4s or Tomcats?
if thompson ever gets tired of being a pilot, he can always get a job as a game show host
Yeah
"What is The Boneyard?"
@@dahawk8574 i will take airplane graveyards for a thousand
I drove past Davis-Monthan in 1968 on the way to USAF Navigator School in Sacramento, and vaguely remember a sort of "presentation row" along the perimeter road. Abut a year later, I went through D-M for some training as one of the first navigators going into the back seat of the F-4. The B-47s had just been phased out, and they were all over the place. Still later as an operational "fighter-gator," I stopped at D-M many times. I remember seeing the B-58s all lined up on the ramp awaiting their fate. Now of course most of the remaining the F-4s are there, too.
Great report. You can tell she takes pride in her job
She's probably just there for the 50/50 thing.
Drive by the boneyard almost every day and it never gets old. it's incredible. crazy that for the most part it's just a standard chain link fence with some barbed wire separating the road from all these amazing airplanes.
You forgot cameras, sensors and guards with automatic weapons...
@@darrentylor5473 true, but there's no way in hell I'd try hopping that fence even if it was just a fence.
You see the planes are disappearing
You got the greatest job in the world and everything to look forward to good job
Please accept my apologies for this lengthy “war story,” but I believe it’s relatable to the video. I hope you enjoy it. During our unit’s transition in the early 90s from the mighty Phantom to the Viper, our mission required continued sortie production with the F-4 and training on the F-16 to become combat capable. As you may imagine, parts, especially serviceable parts, or the F-4 were difficult to acquire. A Phantom returned from flight with flight control problems involving the lateral system. We began troubleshooting, and discovered the right aileron could not return to neutral. We rigged and rigged, but we were forced to look for the “culprit.” Keep in mind that the Phantom didn’t enjoy the luxury of the fly-by-wire systems. Other than the hydraulic actuators, the system was all mechanical linkage: push-pull rods, bellcranks, screwjacks, cables and pulleys. And don’t EVEN get me started on the engineering genius that was the artificial feel trim system which incorporated the use of a bellows. But I digress. We finally identified a problematic bellcrank under panel 88 R (?) if memory serves and immediately and .hopefully order an overhauled replacement. Nopity nope. The request went to AMARC (at the time it was the Aerospace Maintenance And Regeneration Center.) The jet was closing in on Hangar Queen status and we needed that bellcrank mosh skosh. This particular bellcrank was pretty darn finicky to remove as no one on our team ever removed one before. Even the engineers at depot claimed they’d never heard of one being removed before. It had to be twisted, turned, moved and your mouth had to be held just right in order for that thing to come out. When we heard the bellcrank would be coming from AMARC, our outlook was dismal. We doubted a part from an aged, retired double-ugly would be in much better condition than the unserviceable culprit we removed from a (somewhat) perfectly good jet. Plus the time it would take just to remove the thing from a jet in the desert put us at a disadvantage. The *ahem* new bellcrank arrived and initial examination made us even less hopeful. We pursued and the bellcrank slipped in surprisingly easy. We connected everything up and rigged the lateral system, and while there was some improvement, we had to do a little fine tuning with the linkage, primarily the screwjack. I don’t recall if the jet required a functional check flight (FCF) but it did correct the initial discrepancy. And we avoided Hangar Queen status! Well done, AMARG/AMARC!
Don't ever apologize for a story like that, good sir! And thank you for your service!
loved the f4
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What's your age
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Instead working as Amazon worker, you can just ship out A-10 parts
They hire people from Amazon a lot lol
When I was stationed there they started a Boneyard 5k around Halloween. Never was a fan of running, but if you’re going to do it, running around the Boneyard was a pretty neat place to do it.
The amount of collective aircraft knowledge and skill at this facility is mesmerizing.
Awesome to see people enjoy what they do and do such a stellar job.
You have to see it, to believe it! I'm retired Army living in Costa Rica. Whenever I visit family in Tucson, I drive on base for another visit.
I went to church with the guy that ran this place back in '97 and he let me and other teenagers from the church stay the night in the hanger. We checked out planes and jump in tanks, it was pretty cool.
Where tanks at man?
Which are aspeaking
WOW! It is so cool to see the AMRG yard again! I used to live on Calle Polar, right next door to this place! Used to drive by it all the time!
Col. Barnard is AMAZING! Solid, no nonsense professional, laser focused on her tasks at hand.
AMAZING WOMAN!
They forgot to mention one interesting fact: if all the planes were operational, the boneyard would be the second largest Air Force in the world.
Growing up as kid in Tucson, the boneyard was my backyard view. It’s what inspired me to join the Air Force. My fiancée is from DC and thinks Eastside Tucson looks like a war zone because all day long you hear and see jets flying around, and it’s almost daily that you’ll see like 10 or more attack helicopters just cruising the sky together. There’s a major road that runs along the base called Golf Links, and all day and night long you just have planes flying over you. People who aren’t used to it are always amazed and in awe when they see the aircraft flying that close to them… Any true fan of aviation/aircraft has to go watch the Davis-Monthan Air Show at least once in their life.
Exactly! 😊
"each set of wings can take up to 20,000 man hours to overhaul"
That's 833 days and 8 hours which in years is 2 years and 2 months
Manhours are calculated for each person, then added up. For example, 1,000 people working 20 hours each adds up to 20,000 manhours. That said, there’s only about a few dozen maintainers involved in overhauling a set of wings.
@@StockyDude Still nuts.
Fabulous aeronautic museum at Davis-Monthan Airforce base. It is well worth the trip and can take the whole day. My husband and I went there pre-pandemic. FYI, you cannot take a backpack on this bus tour to see the boneyard. You'll have to check your backpack in a locker before getting on the bus.
I went on a field trip to the Davis monthan air force base once. They called it starbase and we were introduced to STEM in a kids way over five days. On the third day it was my turns group to go see the boneyard. I remember thinking the planes were like giant buildings, and we even got to go inside one a cargo plane
Very interesting!
As a trucker, I travel down to Tucson a few times each month, and I'm always looking around as I get nearer to the boneyard, to catch a glimpse of ANY of those beautiful war birds of the USA!🇺🇸
The boneyard you can see from I-10 isn't this location. This place is located over off of Valencia Rd. There is another plane bone yard for commercial airliners in Mojave (between Boron and Tehachapi) off CA-58 where CA-14 comes in.
@@foltzenlogel Yes. I had deliveries for Amazon on Kolb Rd. in Tucson.
In the 80s I was an Air Force Law Enforcement Officer in the K-9 unit stationed at Davis Monthan then the area was called "MASDAC" which stood for "Military Aircraft Storage and Distribution Center.
I and my K-9 patrolled this area overnight which was eerie because of the wind sounds, smells and shadows bouncing off the aircrafts.
I have many memories working in this area so wanted to share a couple with you all.
In the 80s during the cold war this center was tasked with the ability to put a stored B-52 in the air every 24 hours for at least 2 years and we had them. We also had many civilian passenger jets stored there because some of those planes shared parts with their military version. Such as the commercial jet 707 and E-3 S entry, E-8 Joint STARS. It is cheaper to maintain planes if you have your own plane pick and pull. And I totally believed we could launch those B-52s and distribute plane parts anywhere around the world at any time.
At times, very, very few times because me and fellow officers patrolled this large area, I would find a plane or helicopter with a door seal broken and when I opened the door to look in, I would smell 1940, 1950, 1960,1970 smells. You could feel it, smell it, see it and at 2, 3, 4am in the morning it could be eerie. I would then board the aircraft looking for suspects, damage or evidence but of course while waiting for my sarge I would look around.
I found pictures from the 50s, 60s, 70s and letters, maintenance logs, manuals, journals, flight logs and more. To read these materials and again smell them and to see individuals handwriting was eerie.
One last thing, we would get alerts a plane a was coming in for a crash landing, then we secured the flight line for security and safety. In those situations, we had crews foam the runway, firetrucks on the runway and I witnessed planes land on their belly. One of which lowered its landing gear and the starboard side gear fell off on while in flight. He raised what was left of his gear, went around and landed on the foamed-out runaway. Those pilots were a little crazy. I don't know this for sure, but I think a lot of those pilots flew in their own planes for storage.
Well that was a surprise. Every shot of the A-10 being repaired in the hangar, was from an A-10 that comes from the local Air National Guard in my hometown. Those things fly over my house all the damn time, because we’re on the flight path into the local airport and base. It’s always interesting to see them outside of the skies and on some sort of screen.
Battle Creek, MI by chance?
@@chkwgn460 Fort Wayne.
@@alexmartinez5859 oh gotcha. I used to deliver jet fuel to Battle Creek where there were A-10s. Had no idea they were in Ft Wayne. That's cool.
Would love to see the Air Force C-9A Nightingales that are there. My favorite years in the military were spent flying aeromedical evacuation missions.
I have always wrongfully assumed, once they go to the boneyard they are forgotten. Amazing, not only are they not forgotten but they know about pretty much every part of the planes. Amazing lady, also knows the nicknames for the planes.
I drive past this yard everyday! So cool to see!
We need a full documentary love this type of videos🇺🇸
I drive by this several times a week. Still amazes me every time!
Great video. My favorite all time aircraft is the F-4 Phantom. Not sure where it stands based on overall performance, but loved seeing it fly during my youth and early military years. Thank you to the folks that help maintain this facility, and for sharing this video.
USMC Ret.
I worked there when they were being turned into drones, it broke my heart.💔😞
Imagine some of them are transformers😂
A part of transformers was filmed here
@@danielavila7483 "documented" here.
They exist area 5...it's just classified. ET is real too.
My mother in law was a transformer. 😂
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Shoutout to the AMXS 354th bulldogs. Was "lucky" enough to do the chock walk to the fuel barn in the boneyard. DM was a good time.
Before I joined the Air Force, I used to live in front of the boneyard. I loved seeing C-130s every morning before going to school
Awesome! I thought these yards were just a place the planes waited until they were scrapped.
I mean, you're not wrong, they are being scrapped for parts in the literal sense.
This is a relief we have so many back up planes
wait, this isn't wendover productions
I bet he's watching this one.
Never has been
Each plane weighs appropriately 10,000 Corollas.
Very Neatly arranged and maintained. 👍🙏. Amazing Work.
The A-4 Skyhawk! 😭😭😭
Such a beauty.
her kids: my mom work in a scrapyard
whole class: *laughing*
And then there is Carl Johnson who make stunts with his sanchez on the wings of an airplane.
rofl legend