Practically everyone in aviation circles is aware of the Air Force's "Boneyard": 2,600 acres of Arizona desert where thousands of military aircraft, withdrawn from service, silently await their fate. The facility, located at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, is commonly perceived as an airplane cemetery, where the denizens are doomed to be scrapped for their valuable metals. That's only a fraction of the story, however. In fact, the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, or AMARG, conducts a wide variety of missions in support of the Air Force, other services, and allied nations. While the seemingly endless lines of airplanes stored here all look destined for Death Row, a sizable number are here only temporarily and will fly again.
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