Largest Aircraft Boneyard in the World: 4,000 PLANES

[@franko2k]

I was stationed there 1969-70 when they were carrying maybe 3 times the inventory they have now. There were times I had free run of the yard. It was amazing. Thanks for posting!

[@aubreymatthews5126]

I worked in that boneyard in 1970 when the Air Force retired a number of B-58's and B-52's. During that year, I conducted my first solo in a Cessna 150 at Ryan field for my private pilot license. I was a member of the DM aero club.

[@prsearls]

I was stationed at DMAFB in 1966-67. The boneyard is huge. There were a few late WWII and Korean era aircraft still there. Most of the B-47 bombers were parked there, an amazing sight. If you get the chance, take the tour thru it.

[@ahmedkamel8385]

Is it possible to buy these planes and re-manufacture them again and offer them for sale?

[@gto-zc6zz]

I was stationed there from 1965-1968 with the 4080th which flew the U2 and there were older planes (F-86 B-47 T-33 C-47 and more) in storage. It brings back a lot of good old memories.

[@vickyburton2434]

It is interesting to note a large percentage of these aircraft are still flyable in case of an emergency. They are very well maintained and protected.

[@chadwatson110]

I would LOVE to go there! And to think they offer a bus tour... even better! Definitely a bucket list item!

[@paulshepherd8295]

It's well worth doing, but you have to get there early as its first come, first served, and places are limited.

[@curtekstrom6600]

I have flown many F-14's, A-7E's F-4's and F-8's to Davis Monthan in my 26 year Navy Career.

[@goutvols103]

Curt Ekstrom thank you for your service. On their last flight did you fly them like you stole it or gingerly?

[@웅이-f2w]

Awesome!! Thank you for your service!!

[@wendyw8931]

Love the old F4 Phantom fighters. My favorites!

[@pajamatime5476]

Mine too.

[@jerrysanders4209]

F4 my favorite fighter, saw many in Vietnam.

[@kinghulk4142]

Mine too!I want to buy one!

[@larrypierce2777]

Just one more note: The Enola Gay was at one time there but they sent it to the Smithsonian Institute. It sat outside there for the longest and started weathering so they took it apart and stored it inside somewhere. As you know, it was famous for being the plane that dropped one of the bombs on Hiroshima or Nagasaki. Don't remember which one it dropped. I think it was the bomb nicknamed "Fat Boy."

[@kwsandman14]

I used to live about an hours drive south and drove by hundreds of times. Last time I took this tour, the Dash-80 was still there, now at the Smithsonian.

[@SgtJoeSmith]

The ones not returning to service need to be on display in parks or airports around the country. We got few here at 2 municipal airports and a park

[@Nils_Hammarsten]

I want One in My back yard. F16 not c17....

[@javaidhaider9289]

Agreed.

[@windoak]

Russia and other ex ussr countries do it. Honestly not a terrible idea

[@patrickmccrann991]

And who is going to pay for transport, installation, etc. Military services have no funding for that cost and most cities, countys, etc. don't want to fund that cost.

[@SgtJoeSmith]

@@patrickmccrann991 well we got 8 around where I live between 2 airports and a park. So someone paid

[@nicj.tessier1689]

Live right next to DMAFB and the Pima Air and Space Museum and the Bone Yards. See them everyday of my life, it's just apart of our city, as awesome as it is when you see it everyday for 31 years you almost forget its significance.

[@miksal26]

Isn't this place on everybody's bucket list?

[@spicypeppers2019]

miksal26 I live less than a mile from it. I’ve always wanted to go through it.

[@moe3655]

miksal26 p

[@silverload3622]

Gd luck as they hit you with the patriot act and treat you like a terrorist instead of the wide eyed curiosity of the tax payer that bought them

[@chemoboy-dannypheleps9234]

It’s too damn hot

[@paulh4943]

@@spicypeppers2019 don't they do public tours?

[@boblachance7014]

Once in a while I love going on this tour. I live in Tucson, AZ and visiting Davis Monthan AFB to go on this tour is something I try doing once a year. As a former USAF vet so many of the aircraft were still flying when I was active duty. If you are ever in the Tucson, AZ area this is a MUST SEE tour. FYI! Don't forget to contact Davis Monthan AFB beforehand though. The staff need a few weeks to perform a background check on you. Yup, they check all individuals prior to being approved to take this tour. They are careful who they allow to take this tour.

[@allanhunter9088]

I lived in Tucson many years ago and been to the boneyard many times got a personal tour of it.

[@rondickson7906]

In 1979 I toured this place in a private rental car. Back then no restrictions at all. Drove all over the place,lots of pics. Don’t remember seeing anyone at the site but me. Only signage was to watch for rattlesnakes. It’s a cool place.

[@johnlarsen8308]

They can be brought back into service. That is why the are in Arizona very dry no rust. The frames last a long time.

[@MJ-wi7oo]

Wake up! These planes will never be brought back into service.

[@dracik5257]

@@MJ-wi7oo it happens all the time

[@halova962]

@@MJ-wi7oo That's what government want you to believe. wAkE uP 3:23

[@The_Vanilla_Guerilla]

@@MJ-wi7oo that's why they have the cockpits shrink wrapped, to protect instrumentation from sun damage, in case they need to be returned to service.

[@andersonrodriguez8258]

Founders Movement wonder where they keep all those things

[@Thetequilashooter1]

I have been on that tour. I used to live there when I went to the UofA. It’s very much worth it to visit if you are in Tucson. The Titan Missile and Pima Air Museums are really cool too. BTW, 120 degrees Fahrenheit is a stretch. In the Summer that would be an extreme and rare high. It’s usually between 105 and 110, but like they say, it’s a dry heat.

[@SynthoidSounds]

Very cool. Of everything out there, my #1 favorite is the A-10 "Warthog", arguably the best tactical ground support aircraft ever produced by anyone. Some are still operational today. Hopefully those examples parked out there are not "dead", but will still have their chance to be useful. Untold numbers of our guys on the ground have come back alive and breathing because of these Warthogs and the incredibly skilled pilots who flew them.

[@jr13227]

Most are probably airworthy and just being stored until they are needed

[@GodFamilyCountry101]

I love hearing them fly over. The F-16s sound good too, but there's something about the A-10 whine.

[@raymondyee2008]

I see a lot of U.S military aviation history being parked there. Oh and the story of the A-4SU Super Skyhawks from the Republic of Singapore Air Force incidentally started from Davis-Monthan back in '73 when 50 former U.S.N A-4Bs were purchased and then got upgraded to the SU variants.

[@patrickmccrann991]

This is NOT a boneyard, but a storage facility for excess aircraft. Aircraft are routinely pulled and returned to service to replace others going into overhaul. Additionally, some aircraft lines have been out of production for many years and parts are kept here for future use. Every aircraft that has served in the U.S. military is stored here for possible future use.

[@tonyrusso3885]

Patrick McCrann qq

[@ronaldbean1103]

No. These planes are too old to go back into service. Maybe a few cargo planes or aparts for b-52s but that's all.

[@patrickmccrann991]

Ronald Bean wrong! There are F-16s, F/A-18s, A-10s, F-15s, etc. stored here. This IS a storage facility not a boneyard. Some of these aircraft will never fly again, but many of them will.

[@paulsuprono7225]

But it is . . . called the Bone Yard !

[@davewilliams5102]

You are correct. They use these planes for "parts" only. Been there several times. One of the best air museums in the United States. You can take a tour of the bone yard.

[@Richborg44]

Many aircraft I worked on over the years are in this boneyard. I worked on the F-14s, P-3s, LC-130, Hueys, and F-16s. They are not here to die, they will live on in other planes as they share their parts with other planes. A plane can only be pressurized (cycles) so many times before it comes unsafe. They have to retire just like me and my achy bones.

[@jsnjcnt]

The stealth fighter is amazing. It has a new cloaking technology.

[@timchapman5567]

A splendid display, but particularly pleasing to see the F-4 Phantom, the most beautifully aggressive-looking fighter since the Hawker Tempest. It’s good to know that many are still flying.

[@michaelgardner2581]

USA desert stock is bigger than most country's airforces.

[@josemoreno3334]

Very true.

[@Lee247Jamaica]

True

[@jakespeed63]

Went to PIMA Air Force Museum back in 2002? Never ventured across the street to this section. Uncertain if it was even open for public viewing back then. Extremely eerie Thanks for sharing Millions of tax dollars rotting away 😕

[@ryanspalding6252]

I died a little inside when i saw all those a-10s, b-52s, and b1 lancers :(. Hope most of them go back into service.

[@Lvcian_Guardian]

I should head south there and free them ! ! lol

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[@knightlife98]

I died when I saw that F-14 in the beginning.....

[@ShawnC.T.]

Schaeffer John Lol, lighten up Francis, smh...

[@ShawnC.T.]

Ryan Spalding Most of them won't, because of age, and lack of necessity...

[@jimc6144]

And that is just one of several such places. UNBELIEVABLE!!

[@SC457A]

Got buzzed by a B-1 outside of Amarillo. scared the hell out of me.

[@alanm3438]

I was in Wisconsin when were playing war games and a B-1 did a low flyby and it shook the earth!!!! I think that was in 1989 at Camp McCoy????

[@danielcerkoney1618]

As an old Air Force guy, I enjoyed seeing all the planes I loaded gun cameras in during Vietnam and the B-52 that carried the largest bomb tested in Hawaii. took off with bomb bay doors off and refueled once in air while stationed in Albuquerque 65/66

[@TheAznative101]

You should see this from Google Earth!!

[@TheAznative101]

I thought it was just an area on the base. Not the who figgin' base.

[@mrvic92154]

Back in the early 70s my father used to repair f-14s and he would take me on Saturdays to his shop and it was just an amazing experience growing up it was different back then I sure have a lot of good memories especially with the Beautiful f-14 Tomcat, I had a great dad, RIP Dad.

[@prophetofevil]

I gave you a thumbs up but I cried a little seeing such beauty sitting being wasted by our government, wish I could buy them all and put them back in service.

[@MrSupercar55]

prophetofevil Just one of those jets will set you back a few billion. Just ask someone who has a private jet, such as Donald Trump or the Sultan of Brunei.

[@sauldean6430]

prophetofevil putting them in service means going to war, the air crafts are for only one purpose, war, let's pray for world peace

[@KitCox]

What 'service' did you have in mind?

[@yolamontalvan9502]

prophetofevil - I GUESS WE NEED ANOTHER WAR.

[@yolamontalvan9502]

KitCox - Invading countries, that’s what we do best.

[@lauraking422]

We just visited the Pima Air Museum and saw the boneyard yesterday. It is pretty neat.

[@jefffandrick8406]

The government needs to convert some of these into fire super tankers planes. Let's spend the money there instead of just having it sit for a what if. We need the fire protection across the USA

[@christopherkeister6652]

exactly or make flight simulators for museums or the public or at least do something with the ones that aren't gonna be used

[@christopherkeister6652]

or make movies with them

[@blargh6143]

Not only fire protection but other things. You could see plenty of unused chinooks that could also be repurposed for rescue and so many other things. Also the stealth fighter would be great if repurposed

[@timmayer8723]

Jeff Fandrick some of the small to midsize twin engine carrier transport planes are converted into fire fighting tankers here in Mesa Arizona. They are from the fifties and sixties and are powered by piston driven radial engines. True relics of a bygone era.

[@larrypierce2777]

They did at one time take the Anola Gay out of mothballs for making the Movie, "The Anola Gay." They used Air Force personnel as extras. Fifty bucks and a case of beer was their payment just to act like they were working on the Aircraft. Never took off though. Now it's back in storage.

[@NikonPhotoHawk]

Amazing place isn't it?! Thanks for sharing...

[@tomy2116]

Good video, thanks! 😎👍🏼🛩️

[@DtRockstar1]

Thank you very much!

[@ShawnC.T.]

Wow, cool video, I haven't been to Tuscon since the mid 70's as a kid, but I remember Davis Monthan AFB well. My cousin's backyard was in the shadows of the base, I can remember seeing some of the retired planes, I wonder how much larger it has gotten since the mid 70's...

[@WolfgangCasteel]

Hate to see it. I was a C-5 crew chief during Desert Storm. Thought the C-5 would never die.

[@huggybear6093]

WolfgangCasteel i was a sheetmetal mechanic on c-5s for 12 yrs. i know that plane well. i'm dying to go to the boneyard to see the A models i worked on at westover. THEY SAY PATRIOT WING ON THE TAIL WITH THE "ELVIS" (NFL PATRIOTS SYMBOL) IN EITHER A RED OR BLUE STRIPE TAIL #S 448, 215, 227, TRIPLE DEUCE 222, 225, 304, 217, 219, 017, 019, BALLS 3 003, BALLS 5 005, 020, 022, 167, AND ONE I'M FORGETTING

[@WolfgangCasteel]

I was on the Blue team at Travis my last plane was 8216 one of the SCM Space Shuttle birds 213 was on the Gold side. I was surprised to see them being destroyed, but time move on.

[@huggybear6093]

WolfgangCasteel THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE VETERAN

[@WolfgangCasteel]

Same to you. Thank you for serving our country.

[@arcticpara7775]

It hasent yet...it will be replaced by C-17...and its replacment.. I REALLY DONT UNDERSTAND THE COMMENTS IN HERE...WTF is wrong with you people.....YOU NEVER HEARD of this before..???? wow

[@garymckee4342]

Very interesting to see what it looks like in recent years. It is ever changing. I first saw it in 1958 as a 12 year old kid from Toronto and there were B17s and B29s stored there then. There was no interstate or tours or the underpass next to the field but it was much easier to see everything from the surrounding streets. I next saw it in

[@garymckee4342]

I next saw it in 1992, 93 and 96 and there were no C5s and very few F14s. A10s were still actively flying out of DM and there were always two, one for the training pilot and one for the instructor. Well worth visiting.

[@homerfry9234]

A-10 & B-52 are keepers

[@donturnbow2781]

Been there several times, if you ever go to Tucson Arizona, go to the Pima air museum, and to the bone yard.just a few miles north is a bone yard at Marana az.

[@richardhawkes5200]

Dear US Air force.. may I have or borrow an A-10 please.. my neighbors dog needs strafing

[@larrypierce2777]

Heh, heh, you're funny Richard. I'm afraid the Air Force would shoot you down or better yet, the military doesn't loan worn out aircraft. They don't loan out aircraft period.

[@bobsg35]

They don't? Well why not, I am a taxpayer dammit.

[@larrypierce2777]

@@bobsg35 Yes and your taxes paid for a small, a very small amount of all of them out there. No one can own those but the Government. All of us paid into the pool for those aircraft. Why I use to work on a lot of them but that doesn't mean I can own them. Well you write the Air Force, heh, heh and ask them.

[@bobsg35]

Larry Pierce You do understand that the things we wrote wre a joke, right? I already had my time as a pilot.

[@larrypierce2777]

@@bobsg35 Oh yes, I knew it was a joke. I wasn't born yesterday. Congrats on being a pilot, too. I'm 68 years old, and as long as you weren't rude I went along with it.

[@richardheslker9817]

I saw it while stationed at Davis Monthan AFB for Ground Launch Cruise Missile Training. Use to run pass the boneyard every day.

[@Thomas-fo4dv]

6:20 OMG a whole row of A-10s. I wants one.

[@HypeKylePlayz]

Thomas yeah me too. Especially if they are going out of service

[@marvinblankinchip2535]

KylePlayz ... They make great cropdusters.

[@chriskelly331]

They get cannibalized for parts.

[@kaiseino773]

Growing up in Tucson, i remember seeing these and hearing these fly bye everyday

[@keshavkishore3745]

I want a f-16 and a c-17

[@alexandermakrianis]

That was cool. I'd love to go on that tour someday. I was surprised to see A-7s, I thought that all of those were scraped several years ago.

[@denzelwashinton540]

THE Scrap Man would have an Heart Attack !............." How Many !"

[@judefernandez827]

Sorry I can’t count them all .I’ll just write you a check .

[@GodFamilyCountry101]

They aren't all scrapped. Some will fly again, and others have reusable parts.

[@dbacksfan09]

From my home town of TUCSON, AZ! I drive past the Boneyard every day.

[@larrypierce2777]

You lucky man you. Kind of hot there though. I remember the Heat when I was stationed at Williams Air Force Base. That's Luke AFB over there, right? The sun shines just about all the time and rain, what's that?

[@missilpeludo8813]

At 9:00 I love the joke of “invisible fighter”

[@thawk1435]

Well the stealth fighter was "invisible". 😁😁

[@missilpeludo8813]

T Hawk like the wonder woman jet 😂

[@malipariz3770]

it's not invisible, is's down in Serbia...

[@josemoreno3334]

I'm going to try to get out there to see the bone yard next year. That's if we still have a country.

[@okrajoe]

What a collection of classic warbirds...

[@GodFamilyCountry101]

The "white coating" doesn't just protect from the heat, it keeps out critters that would destroy the inside. The paint is a special kind and there is a very precise method that has to be followed.

[@patrickmccrann991]

It is not a paint but an acrylic sealant. Peels off like a sheet of plastic when removed. Heat shrink when applied.

[@chihuahua5796]

blue angel 7? @4:15?

[@alexweintraub5015]

Yeah saw that too. Sure is an old Blue

[@curtekstrom6600]

Yes, the Blues use the oldest Aircraft coming off the Active Fleet. They usually get 2 seasons out of the Aircraft. Those F/A-18s they use are Legacy Hornets most build before 1990. They have accumulated or exceeded the Service Life Hours.

[@terrystapley4522]

RAF vet from England. I remember passing through here in 1958. WW2 planes in abundance then.

[@timothycook2917]

After WW2 the airfield in Kingman, AZ had more than 10,000 stored B-24's

[@nogod7184]

Part of me died when I see these old warbirds sitting and waiting for the day to be cut, scrapped, ground and liquified.

[@christopherhall5242]

We have a pretty respectable boneyard for airplanes up in kingman AZ too I will have to go check Tuscans out too

[@thegreasyspoondiner]

AAAH ! .. The Military Industrial Complex ! ..' take a bow!'

[@MJ-wi7oo]

The people have been manipulated for a long time. We've have been robbed.

[@snakebait5118]

I was awed at the F-4 Phantoms there and the A10 Warthogs!

[@michaellock3619]

The banging piano music/racket killed it for me. Sorry

[@gamppropaganda]

Your video is very good. Your country understands that the fact that investing in security and military technology as well as designing economic and political power in the world generates many jobs for the whole of society. Great video!

[@DtRockstar1]

Thank you very much!

[@nadejdajeanschmidt1015]

My Contry have 27 New F35 Fighter planes, 27,, and here we have 4000 planes,,wow..

[@abiralvi4372]

Lol. Dont compare India with USA 😂

[@chondominguez6995]

Cool. Saw it back in the mud 90’s. Pretty neat.

[@04u2cY]

Going thru and reading a lot of these comments the complaining and the bitching about the industrial military complex waste of this waste of that well there is a reason why we can do all of this on KZbin your looking at it.

Very nice video ! Thanks for sharing ! I drove near this aircraft boneyard in 2010, after visiting Tombstone, but didn't have time to visit.

[@strizhi6717]

LMAO that stealth plane 😂😂😂 I'm dead

[@superancientmariner1394]

I can remember back in the early 50s going past this place and it was full of B17s b24s,, B29s and a whole load of other stuff.. My uncle said that a lot of them were famous aircraft like Bit o lace, Shoo Shoo baby etc.

[@antientdude1100]

yup,,i grew up there then, and my Dad worked in the bone yard...i knew we were Bad...

[@seminolerick6845]

I see (2) major “good” things about this area: - should a large scale war start... these can get put into action a lot quicker than building ‘em from scratch - Our young men & women are NOT dieing in them in a current war.

[@andersonrodriguez8258]

Pura Vida’ Rick good idea never thought bout it but u think they would do it doubt it unless is last resource

[@Mark_Tschetter]

Amazing! Hope none get destroyed. In this dry Arizona climate they could last 100s of years just standing there.

[@visconti24]

TUCSON, please.

[@MrLuvOldies]

Thanks. All these Airplanes have the potential together, as being larger than all the active Air Forces on the Earth combined today.

[@URAHAMM3R]

military-industrial complex much?!

[@GrandaLoogie]

4:16 Have i spotted a retired blue angels F/A-18 Hornet? I also thought i saw a Thunderbirds F-16 in the F-16 Row...

[@intuitive7274]

WE STILL OWE NATIONAL DEBT ON THIS WHOLE THING

[@thebagnechannel3183]

Dan Hayes Yeah. Each plane is the equivalent of the cost to build a school. What a waste.

[@thebagnechannel3183]

G0LIATH A lot of ignorance in your response. I have great respect for the military and value its tremendous importance. And I fully understand it’s cheaper to park an unneeded aircraft than to keep it in service. I just question the need to purchase this stuff in the first place. Many of the aircraft are of a newer design and to be left baking in the sun isn’t a wise use of taxpayer funds.

[@aydenstockham1143]

@@thebagnechannel3183 Because it would be more expensive to keep them flying and no they are not baking, the white wrap on them protects them from sun and almost all of them can be brought back to running in 72 hours, also many of the b52s there were because of an arms treaty between the US and Russia, also they are not needed at the moment, we have another 20,000 in service, there are only around 4,000 here

[@thebagnechannel3183]

Ayden Stockham I understand that it’s cheaper to park them rather than keep them in service. My criticism is that our government never needed to buy all of them in the first place. We need to have a strong military, but this is complete overkill and a waste of taxpayer dollars that could be better spent elsewhere. It’s like you buy 3 of the same car, parking 2 in the garage with the insurance turned off since you only need the 1, and saying that it’s cheaper than paying for insurance on all 3. If you only need 1, buy one. Or perhaps you might want 1 as a backup, but you still don’t need to buy all 3.

[@meganrecalcati3123]

I live here in Tucson and I see these planes almost every days when I see that moving to one place to an other, i ask to myself.. what s happening are part of my life, I love this parking lot, ciao.

[@Followerofchrist2091]

All those a-10's, Ah1 Cobras F16's bombers etc it's so sad ;(

[@darrelldixon9044]

I was born on Davis Monthan AFB, later Served in the Air National Guard, Avionics Tech on the KC - 135 fleet. Went on a few refueling flights, got pictures and videos of Air Refueling. One flight was amazing, the Guard still flew many of the old aircraft. This fight we refueled F4 Phantoms, F15s, F16s. I was also in England during the 70s my Father was stationed at RAF Alconbury, he did the photo development from the U2 and SR71 Reconnaissance planes. I was at the retirement ceremony for the SR 71 during basic training, and saw it fly directly over my head during an Airshow at Fairchild, long before strick security, a road traveled just outside the end of the runway, there was a chain link fence, but we were parked just outside it bear the road. It flew directly overhead, at a VERY LOW altitude as it left the runway. It was massive, the underbelly flying directly over head, and as the plane passes the instant heat and exhaust so close, it pointed upward and several sonic booms later was a distant memory.

[@Railviation]

More like *"the largest military aircraft boneyard"*

[@daveybarton]

8:58 i remember this one. It was the very first invisible jet prototype (3 were made, One is in the boneyard, one is operated by Wonder Woman and the third, sadly, was lost in unfortunate accident where it was rammed by another Jet that didn't see it parked on the ramp).

[@jasonsmith1143]

i had delivered new paper by 13 years old and still working now. NOW I know where my tax $$ goes. Hope i can collect my SS check.

[@paulsuprono7225]

Good ol' Davis-Monthan AFB, Tuscon, Arizona ! Shpupd see it, from the air. 😎

[@Vikas-ow8mm]

Just Imagine If All these Was a Property of a Islamic Nation ........would any non Muslim or Christians be left ?

[@soupdragon12345]

I live right by there , I get too see them everyday. What was the plane just before ? The C5s facing toward you . There's an AWACS plane on the east side now , you can see the dome from the road .

[@ferdzaviado]

Instead of sitting here collecting dust, rust, etc., can these aircrafts still be restored and sell them to third world countries that are allied to US?

[@USMC_-wf8wi]

I live in Tucson where they are at and have lived here most of my life. When I was young they said that they could have them all ready to go back in service in 72 hour's but they haven't made that claim in quite a few years.

[@Randy4me]

Most if not all NATO countries are flying our aircraft.

[@josephceu7417]

They are additional planes ready to be used if there was a war!Its not a waste!The US Navy and Air Force Bases dont have enough room for 4,000 planes and just imagine 4,000 planes equally divided into 20 Air-Craft Carriers!

[@drfiberglass]

So thats were some of our tax money went to...

[@KitCox]

Soooooo, you want all military aircraft to be free?

[@foxbodyblues6709]

Question that’s intended to be provocative but instead shows your limited knowledge...

[@TRX450RVlogger]

Taxes DO NOT go to military you fuck stick. Maybe you should look at your property tax statmens once in a while it tells you exactly where your money goes...

[@valobrien9596]

Some of the taxes as in a horrendous percentage of the taxes! Imagine if even one quarter of that money went into upgrading infrastructure, health care, education, etc. What a difference it would make.

[@joeestes8114]

Its great to see these old birds , they used to be state of the art machines, but like every thing else they have to make way for the new!

[@dkevinwalker]

As a concerned taxpayer, why can't all those obsolete helicopters and planes be scrapped and made into to new ones? The magnitude of waste is astounding and this isn't the only such facility. There are many located around the country. To meet DoD standards, one assumes this is high grade material. It still has value. Proper disposal and reuse should be a requirement to offset exorbitant costs in the next round of rebuilding the military.

[@55nsmooth]

That's what they do. Do you think they are taking these aircraft to a landfill or something?

[@ibXCVs-Mom]

The taxpayers save many millions of dollars because of these storage facilities. They work the same as an automotive recycling yard where you can get parts for your car that are not made anymore - and therefore you don't have to buy a new (and more expensive) one.

[@andyfrost7287]

This is one of the few government programs that actually makes more money than it consumes.

[@patrickmccrann991]

David Walker this is not a boneyard, but a storage facility. Aircraft are taken and returned to service on a regular basis. Also, many production lines no longer exist and parts are stored here. Every aircraft type in service currently and over the last 50 years has representation here.

[@MG-ql3bg]

Only Phoenix and Yuma routinely hits the 120s, we hover at 115 on a good summer day in Tucson😎

[@tomthompson7400]

and i wonder why my tax bill goes up ???

[@timothycook2917]

In 1956 a B-52 cost $8 million per unit. Nowadays, costs about that much to get a flat tired repaired on one :-p

[@antonawal1100]

How much is the average cost to repair and upgrade F-16 to reduce operation and maintenance cost better than its first into service?

[@cmscms123456]

Wasted money, this is why our deficit is so high. Military spending is Corporate Welfare.

[@deanowens334]

The reason our deficit is so high is because of MANDATORY spending for welfare programs ($688B Annually) and servicing our monumental debt created the continued and MANDATORY growth of entitlements. Most of the Aircraft that you see in this video were bought in the 1960s and 1970s. The last B52 rolled off the assembly line in 1962. The storage and regeneration facility is actually the ONLY facility in the US military that actually MAKES money. The AMARC facility has a net profit EVERY year. Soooooo, saying that. It is not a waste, in fact, its existence and function defers some of our national debt. If you look at the entirety of the 4000 or so aircarft there, whose weight is approximately 80% aluminum, we see that the scarp value is Well over a BIllion dollar. And that is just for the Aluminum. Titanium, copper and steel aren't included in my figures. As many of these aircraft are used by other air forces, the P3 and C130's for example, their usefulness to us may be over, but to our allies, they will be used for many many more years. In November 2016, New Zealand announced that they were purchasing many 'refurbished' P3 Orions and C130s from the US. These are all stored in Tucson at AMARC. I could go on for hours, but I won't. The point is this... It is not a waste to store these aircraft in Tucson, It is smart and cost effective: even profitable. The figure I have read is that for every $1 spent at AMARG, $11 is 'harvested'. I have no way to verify this. If you want to argue about their purchase to start with, that is like saying that we shouldn't be breathing air because it is destroying our environment by exhaling CO2. We literally could not exist without military spending. Our military spending is SIGNIFICANTLY less than our NON-DISCRETIONARY spending as I mentioned previously. The waste, fraud and abuse in our entitlement programs could nearly pay for the total of our military spending. I'm not going to argue the philosophical aspects of our military spending, and I don't expect I will change your mind, I am just hopeful that if you choose to make a statement as you did, you develop an opinion based on FACTS, not the way you feel... SOURCE: US Non-Discretionary Spending - www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/ir/ir_expense.htm SOURCE: Price of Aluminum in 1962 - minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/metal_prices/metal_prices1998.pdf SOURCE: Price of Aluminum in 2017 - www.scrapmsc.com/our-pricing/ (Used for convenience)

[@longlakeshore]

I think cmscms123456 meant (and I would agree) that the original expense was a waste of money. Eisenhower said the same when he warned of the undue influence of the military-industrial complex in his farewell speech in 1960. We could have spent half what we did on defense during the Cold War and the USSR would not have kept up. Ronald Reagan created our massive deficits/debt with huge tax cuts for corporations and the wealthiest 10% in his flawed '"trickle down economics" theory which has never worked. George HW Bush closed them some and Clinton gave us 5 surpluses in 8 years (!) before George W Bush slashed taxes and exploded the debt again during his two terms while fighting expensive wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Obama's debt is the most massive but he and Congress had no choice given the Great Recession, which is what huge deficits should be reserved for. Blaming debt on social programs you don't like is simplistic and shows your political bias. I live in Tucson and have known people who work at AMARC. I agree with you that having spent all those trillions on aircraft the most economical use of them now is storage, parts, resale and reuse. AMARC is impressive. SOURCE on debt growth: The Big Con; Crackpot Economics and the Fleecing of America. A book review link is www.nytimes.com/2007/09/23/books/review/Lowenstein-t.html

[@Followerofchrist2091]

cmscms123456 Oh yes we should lower it so we can let other countries beat us up in the next world war let's see how that go's haha. We are 20-30 years ahead of countries and we need it to stay like that.

[@crsvetteii1753]

Back in the Cold War days, the U.S. castly overestimated...indeed fictionalized..the "bomber gap," as a result of which we produced and paid for many times more planes than we realistically needed because the Soviets faked how many they had. The issue is "how much is enough?" Your paranoia costs a lot!

[@ronhoffstein8142]

Ah, but this was not money thrown down a rat hole. It was money spent keeping untold thousands employed while at the same time advancing our technological base. This base goes very deep but all we see is the surface.

[@alanm3438]

Thanks ever so much for the video. I saw some jets from bases that I was stationed at and wondered if I worked on some of them. I worked on F-4, F-15, F-16, C-5, A-10 and KC-135. I wish I could go but I am not able. It is too bad that they do not last longer. I hope some will be preserved for future generations to see.

[@haroldsmith8698]

DO YOU WONDER WHER OUR NATIONAL DEBT WENT WELL JUST SEE HERE IT WILL GIVE YOU AN BIDEA. BUT KEEP THEM TAXES COMING THE GOVERNMENT CAN SPEND IT FOR YOU.

[@pklute63]

Harold Smith the boneyard has been open for decades storing aircraft that have gone past their usefulness....if spare parts or airframes are needed to backfill our current inventory, this is where they come from so give your tinfoil, government conspiracy crap a rest!

[@bruceburns1672]

Today America spends more on interest on borrowed money than they do on defense , welfare is the drain on America like all western countries , in Australia over the next 4 years we will be spending 650 billion on welfare and we only have a population of 24 million , it is bleeding this nation to death and its all on the credit card , defense gets 26 billion a year , a mere pittance in comparison .

[@crsvetteii1753]

Until YOU are unemployed or stricken with a long term debilitating illness. The myth of "welfare" is just that, a myth. Just another rightist excuse to rob from the poor to benefit the wealthy (witness the alleged "health care bill" the Repubs have cooked up, i.e. the cut to Medicaid in exchange for a tax break for $1million income folk.) Look more deeply at the numbers and you'll understand what I am saying and perhaps discover reality.

[@daveboydell2896]

Your right Harold the American people are fed so much Bullshit!

[@crabbycreates2943]

At 0:32 the famous A-10, Warthog and at 3:27 is the old F-4 Phantom, in use by the Marines when I was on active duty with the First Marine Brigade, '72-"74. C-130s at 4:30, in use then and still flying today in 2020. I didn't see any Huey choppers, but I'm sure there must be some. Here in Tucson, we see the A-10s and C-130s flying all the time as well as various types of large helicopters; we don't pay much attention. 🙂

[@edwardmartinez199]

Our tax dollars at work.

[@thhj4356]

They can be sale for scrap metal or need to be update before they can be used again.

[@antr7493]

the museum and airshow i could put on. What was the large winged aircraft in the forefront at 2:35 ? maybe a U2 ?

[@Bobbtherobber]

Good Job on that video. Thank u so much for sharing. I‘ve been there 3 or 4 times already, it’s such a great place to visit. Thank u for not filming the „Walk of Fame“ only 👍🏼😍

[@tdrewman]

Those A-10s are just there temporally. Everytime they want to retire them, they just get pulled back out, upgraded and back in service.

[@JustSnapper]

Storage mostly right? Most of those can fly I think