It is one the most spectacular images that I have seen in a long time. Google Earth has just released hi-res images of the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group–which sounds like a mouthful but is probably the most awesome place ever.
This is where old decommissioned aircraft from the US military go to die. It’s an enormous graveyard of planes. Nicknamed “The Boneyard” the location just outside Tuscon covers 2,600 acres and houses over 4200 military aircraft valued at a whopping $35 billion dollars (Hmm..maybe if the US could sell all these birds as scrap to China, maybe they could make some cash off it. Just a thought)
The base holds a whole range old aircraft–from B-52s, B-1s and F-111s that once carried nuclear arms. There are also, tons of F-14 Tomcats and PopSci reports that they spotted F-15s, F-16s, C-130s, KC-135 refueling tankers, A-10s.
This is truly exciting and I am most excited Google Earth has released these pictures. There goes the rest of my afternoon! Click here for a supersize close-up of The Boneyard.
