The World’s Largest Aircraft Boneyard
While you might think you understand all there is to know about the world’s largest aircraft boneyard in Tucson, Arizona turns out planes don’t just go there to “die.” The 309th Aerospace Maintenance & Regeneration Group preserves over 4,000 aircraft there, and sometimes the planes are refurbished and brought back into service. A team of 800 mechanics works year-round to preserve and restore the aircraft in the hope they’ll fly again. What they do there...
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