Driving Around Tucson, AZ and Davis–Monthan Air Force Base
Tucson is located 118 mi (190 km) southeast of Phoenix and 60 mi (97 km) north of the United States - Mexico border. The 2010 United States Census puts the city's population at 520,116 with a metropolitan area population at 980,263. In 2009, Tucson ranked as the 32nd largest city and 52nd largest metropolitan area in the United States. A major city in the Arizona Sun Corridor, Tucson is the largest city in southern Arizona, the second largest in the state after Phoenix. It is also the largest city in the area of the Gadsden Purchase. As of 2015, The Greater Tucson Metro area has exceeded a population of 1 million.
The Boneyard, The Biggest Graveyard Of The Aircrafts, Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona
On a special edition of Today's Air Force we will take an in-depth look at the Boneyard at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. We'll meet the dedicated team that brings new life to old aircraft and hear the nostalgic stories of the airmen who flew these planes decades ago.
Video by Staff Sgt. Michael Brady
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Aerial View Of The Aircraft Boneyard At Davis-Monthan AFB
Flyover view of 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (aka AMARG or The Aircraft Boneyard) at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, AZ. The Boneyard contains about 5,000 retired military aircraft over 2,600 acres. Crews at the Boneyard preserve aircraft for possible future use, pull aircraft parts to supply to the field and perform depot-level maintenance and aircraft regeneration in support of Air Force operations. Filmed on July 27, 2017.
Film Credits: U.S. Air Force Video by Andrew Breese
Touring Davis-Monthan Air Force Boneyard in Tucson, Arizona
It has evolved into the largest aircraft boneyard in the world.
With the area's low humidity in the 10%-20% range, meager rainfall of 11 annually, hard alkaline soil, and high altitude of 2,550 feet allowing the aircraft to be naturally preserved for cannibalization or possible reuse, Davis-Monthan is the logical choice for a major storage facility.
AMARG uses the following official Type categories for aircraft in storage:
Type 1000 - aircraft at AMARG for long-term storage, to be maintained until recalled to active service. These aircraft are inviolate - have a high potential to return to flying status and no parts may be removed from them. These aircraft are “represerved” every four years.
Type 2000 - aircraft available for parts reclamation, as “aircraft storage bins” for parts, to keep other aircraft flying.
Type 3000 - flying hold aircraft kept in near flyable condition in short-term, temporary storage; waiting for transfer to another unit, sale to another country, or reclassification to the other three types.
Type 4000 - aircraft in excess of DoD needs - these have been gutted and every useable part has been reclaimed. They will be sold, broken down into scrap, smelted into ingots, and recycled.
Tour the Military Aircraft Boneyard in Tucson(Davis–Monthan)
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This is Davis–Monthan Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base 5 miles south-southeast of downtown Tucson, Arizona.
It was established in 1925 as Davis-Monthan Landing Field.
The host unit for Davis–Monthan AFB is the 355th Wing assigned to Twelfth Air Force, part of Air Combat Command.
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The Boneyard at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona
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Davis–Monthan Air Force Base (DM AFB) (IATA: DMA, ICAO: KDMA, FAA LID: DMA) is a United States Air Force base located within the city limits approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) south-southeast of downtown Tucson, Arizona. It was established in 1925 as Davis-Monthan Landing Field. The host unit headquartered at Davis–Monthan is the 355th Fighter Wing assigned to Twelfth Air Force, part of Air Combat Command (ACC). The base is best known as the location of the Air Force Materiel Command's 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG), the aircraft boneyard for all excess military and government aircraft.
USAF A-10 Thunderbolts at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Tucson, AZ #2
2019 Guardian Angel Military Freefall Jumpmaster Course at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson AZ
B-roll package from the 2019 Guardian Angel Military Freefall Jumpmaster Course at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona.
Video by Senior Airman Blake Gonzales
355th Wing
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An interesting documentary about the world famous US Air Force bone yard for surplus or out dated aircraft. Davis–Monthan Air Force Base (DM AFB) (IATA: DMA, ICAO: KDMA, FAA LID: DMA) is a United States Air Force base located within the city limits approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) south-southeast of downtown Tucson, Arizona. It was established in 1925 as Davis-Monthan Landing Field. The host unit headquartered at Davis–Monthan is the 355th Fighter Wing assigned to Twelfth Air Force, part of Air Combat Command (ACC). The base is best known as the location of the Air Force Materiel Command's 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG), the aircraft boneyard for all excess military and government aircraft.
Overview[edit]
Davis–Monthan Air Force Base is a key ACC installation. The 355th Fighter Wing (355 FW) is the host unit, providing medical, logistical, mission and operational support to all assigned units. This wing's combat mission is providing A-10 Thunderbolt II close air support and OA-10 forward air controllers to ground forces worldwide. The 355 FW provides initial and recurrent training to all U.S. Air Force A-10, OA-10 and EC-130 pilots and crews. The 355th is also the ACC's executive agent for INF and START treaty compliance.
One of the wing's tenant units, the 55th Electronic Combat Group, is tasked to provide command, control and communications countermeasures in support of tactical forces with its EC-130H aircraft; and, employing the EC-130E aircraft, provide airborne command, control and communications capabilities for managing tactical air operations in war and other contingencies worldwide.
Two other major tenants, the 563rd Rescue Group (structured under the 23d Wing, Moody Air Force Base) and 943rd Rescue Group (structured under the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base), are tasked to provide combat search and rescue support worldwide.
As the location of the Air Force Materiel Command's 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG), Davis–Monthan Air Force Base is the sole aircraft boneyard for excess military and government aircraft. Tucson's dry climate and alkali soil made it an ideal location for aircraft storage and preservation.
History
The base was named in honor of World War I pilots Lieutenants Samuel H. Davis (1896–1921) and Oscar Monthan (1885–1924), both Tucson natives. Davis, who attended the University of Arizona prior to enlisting in the Army in 1917, died in a Florida aircraft accident in 1921. Monthan enlisted in the Army as a private in 1917, was commissioned as a ground officer in 1918, and later became a pilot; he was killed in the crash of a Martin bomber in Hawaii in 1924.
Origins[edit]
In 1919, the Tucson Chamber of Commerce aviation committee established the nation's first municipally owned airfield at the current site of the Tucson Rodeo Grounds. The rapid increase in aviation activities meant a move in 1927 to the site which is now Davis–Monthan Air Force Base. After the City of Tucson acquired land southeast of town for a runway in 1925, Charles Lindbergh, fresh from his nonstop crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, flew his Spirit of St. Louis to Tucson in 1927 to dedicate Davis-Monthan Field, then the largest municipal airport in the United States.
Military presence at the field began when Sergeant Simpson relocated his fuel and service operation to the site on 6 October 1927. He kept a log containing names of the field's customers, including Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, Benjamin Foulois, and Jimmy Doolittle. Doolittle, awarded the Medal of Honor for his 1942 Tokyo raid, was the first military customer at the field on 9 October 1927. The combination of civil and military operations worked well until the early 1940s, when military requirements began to require the relocation of civil aviation activities.
World War II[edit]
Davis-Monthan Airport became Tucson Army Air Field in 1940, as the United States prepared for World War II. The first assigned U.S. Army Air Corps units were the 1st Bomb Wing, 41st Bomb Group and 31st Air Base Group, activating on 30 April 1941 with Lieutenant Colonel Ames S. Albro Sr. as commanding officer.[5] In its military role, the base became known as Davis-Monthan Army Air Field on 3 December 1941. Air Corps leaders utilize the airfield, sending Douglas B-18 Bolo, Consolidated B-24 Liberator and Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers, for training and observation missions.
Postwar years
With the end of the war, operations at the base came to a virtual standstill. It was then the base was selected as a storage site for hundreds of decommissioned aircraft, with the activation of the 4105th Army Air Force Unit. The 4105th oversaw the storage of excess B-29s and C-47 Gooney Birds. Tucson's low humidity and alkali soil made it an ideal location for aircraft storage and preservation, awaiting cannibalization or possible reuse — a mission that has continued to this day.
Cold War[edit]
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tuscon Arizona
$60 billion worth of aircraft! Both ready to go and the boneyard for scrap planes.
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DAVIS-MONTHAN AFB ''AIRCRAFT BONEYARD'' [IgeoNews]
Davis--Monthan Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located within the city limits approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) south-southeast of downtown Tucson, Arizona.
The base is best known as the location of the Air Force Materiel Command's 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG), the aircraft boneyard for all excess military and government aircraft.
We can see more spectacular images of approximately 5,000 aircraft over the base.
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The Davis Monthan - Aircraft Boneyard
Coach Trip around the Boneyard.... fantastic commentary from our guide who was a retired fighter pilot... wish I had got his name... !!
28 minute video but very interesting. Filmed on Friday 24th Feb 2017
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Is Tucson Losing Davis-Monthan Air Force Base?
Videographer/ Editor: Paul J. Durrant
Reporter: Bud Foster
Davis-Monthan AFB 309th AMARG Boneyard in Tucson, AZ
Aerial photos and boneyard tour photographs taken at the 309th AMARG facility at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona. Includes views from the bus tours of the largest airplane boneyard in the world, showing airplane storage areas and parts reclamation.
Tour of The Boneyard at Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson.
Amazing Tucson Air Show 2019!
I enjoyed watching the US air force flexing it's muscles at Tucson's Davis-Monthan AFB. All the branches of Arizona's law enforcement had some great displays too. Walking through that C5 Galaxy was real cool.
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Music: “Dance, Don’t Delay” by Twin Musicom
Thunder & Lightning over Arizona Air Show 2019 at Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson
An overview of the static displays and some of the aerial demonstrations at the “Thunder and Lightning over Arizona” Air Show held at Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson, Arizona on March 23rd and 24th, 2019.
This video features clips from Day #2.
This production provides a reference for those who could not attend such as aviation enthusiasts, modelers, and the curious.
I make no claims as to being a great videographer ;-)
Some of the performers: The USAF Thunderbirds, F-22 Demo Team, C-17 Demo, A-10 Demo Team, The Desert Rats, the Red Bull Team and many others.
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Music Intro and Outro Credit: “Tribal War Council” by Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions-- Free from the YouTube Music Library.
Note: Some audio has been dubbed over to avoid copyright claims even though:
“All the background music in my air show video is played openly over an onsite public address system and is copyrighted to the respective artists/recording labels”.
A-10 WARTHOG Awesome Flying at Davis-Monthan AFB
DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, ARIZONA. JANUARY 19, 2018
Demo team practice of the truly awesome A-10 Thunderbold II, AKA Warthog.