Name: How The World's Largest Airplane Boneyard Stores 3,100 Aircraft | Big Business
Uploaded: 2021-05-26T09:05:10.000Z
Duration: 7 min 46 s
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It was an aircraft that never went into production.

Eight hundred mechanics and engineers work nonstop,

reclaiming critical old parts and regenerating aircraft

I can't just pull over an airplane like you can a car.

Our goal is not to be like a cemetery for the aircraft.

As a commander here, I am in charge of the whole operation.

somewhere between $34 billion and $35 billion,

They chose Davis-Monthan Air Force Base here in Tucson.

With nearly 2,000 football fields worth of open desert,

Our guys take pride in being boneyard wranglers.

The dryness, as well as the lack of acidity

in the soil, prevent corrosion on the assets.

We have over 80 different types of airplanes here.

which is actually just Wonder Woman's jet.

The LC-130s have skis along with their landing gear

and support the National Science Foundation

It's affectionately called the vomit comet.

Each plane goes through a preservation process

Every four years, planes are preserved again.

then oil is pumped through the engine to preserve it.

is the base layer that seals up the aircraft.

And those white coats will reflect the heat

The inside of the C5 is the largest cargo aircraft

Afghanistan, New Zealand, and Antarctica.

And every one of them needs 72 tie-downs.

and when it gets a little breezy out here

can request specific parts off these planes.

An aircraft has so many thousands of parts.

Just like a reservoir keeps things in case you need them.

And then we release what's out of the reservoir as needed.

the military can only find here at AMARG.

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