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A C-47 Skytrain aircraft, its tail gear and engines missing, sits on the desert floor at the Aerospace Maintenance andd Regeneration Center. More that 2,500 aircraft from all services are stored at the center, only a small percentage of which are scrapped

Dozens of B-52 Stratofortress aircraft are bathed in the glow of the setting sun as they sit on the desert floor at the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center. More than 2,500 aircraft from all services are stored at the center, only a small percen

An aerial view of some of the more than 2,500 aircraft from all services that are stored at the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center. Only a small percentage of the aircraft are scrapped, most being used for parts, returned to service, sold to fo

An aerial view of some of the more than 2,500 aircraft from all services are stored at the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center. Only a small percentage of the aircraft are scrapped, most being used for parts, returned to service, sold to foreign

A front view of a stripped E-2 Hawkeye aircraft resting on blocks at the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center. More that 2,500 aircraft from all services are stored at the center, only a small percentage of which are scrapped. Most of the aircraf

An aerial view of some of the more than 2,500 aircraft from all services are stored at the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center. Only a small percentage of the aircraft are scrapped, most being used for parts, returned to service, sold to foreign

An intact T-33 Shooting Star aircraft sits in the shadows of a dismantled B-47 Stratojet aircraft at the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center. More than 2,500 aircraft from all services are stored at the center, only a small percentage of which a

A B-47 Stratojet aircraft, its landing gear gone, sits on blocks at the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center. More than 2,500 aircraft from all services are stored at the center, only a small percentage of the aircraft are scrapped. Most of the a

A right side view of a partially dismantled C-47 Skytrain aircraft on blocks at the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center. More than 2,500 aircraft from all services are stored at the center, only a small percentage of which are scrapped. Most of

The picked over remnants of an F-111 aircraft lie on the desert floor in the late afternoon sun at the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center. More that 2,500 aircraft from all services are stored at the center, only a small percentage of which are

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base

State: Arizona (AZ)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SRA Alan E. Wycheck

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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01/10/1988
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An F-111 aircraft arrives on base for participation in the Strategic Air Command bombing/navigation competition Proud Shield '88

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Baseball game during afternoon play period, homestead school. Dailey, West Virginia

U.S. Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport

Saturday afternoon in Franklin, Heard County, Georgia

Artwork: "Instrumentation Orientation Capsule, F-111" Artist: Marbury Brown

Aerial view of B-52 Stratofortress bombers at the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center, commonly known as the "Boneyard". Hundreds of B-52s were destroyed as part of the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty and sold for scrap at 12 cents a pound. Exact Date Shot Unknown Published in AIRMAN Magazine May 1977

Pilots of the 527th Aggressor Squadron prepare to taxi their F-5E Tiger II aircraft down the runway during Exercise RED STAR'87. The annual exercise, which is hosted by the 527th Aggressor Squadron, employs F-5 Tiger II aircraft and F-111 aircraft to simulate Soviet formations and tactics, thereby providing realistic training for US Air Force F-15 Eagle aircraft pilots

A restored Boeing 367-80 aircraft departs from base en route to Boeing Aerospace Corporation's Seattle-based headquarters, where it will be featured during their 75th anniversary in July 1991. The Dash-80, as it is nicknamed, is the prototype for both the Boeing 707 aircraft and, prior to restoration, was in storage at the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center for 17 years

FAILED REGENERATION AND BURNER FROM GAS TURBINE

Aerial formation from right to left, F-16CJ Fighting Falcon, 20th Fighter Wing (FW) Shaw (SW) Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina; F-15E Strike Eagle, 4th FW Seymour Johnson (SJ) AFB, North Carolina; and F-16CJ Fighting Falcon, 27th FW, Cannon (CC) AFB, New Mexico during the 4th Aerospace Expeditionary Wing (AEW) in Doha, Qatar. The AEW was in country in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. SOUTHERN WATCH enforces the United Nations Security Council Resolution 688 that establishes a no-fly zone over Southern Iraq below the 32nd parallel

A U.S. Air Force F-111 aircraft of the 27th Tactical Fighter Wing is exhibited in front of the naval air station's operations building during an air show

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