IMD Aviation Channel on MSN

Retired warplanes pulled from desert graveyard return as live-fire combat training targets

Thousands of decommissioned military aircraft sit in the Arizona desert, but many are secretly brought back to life as the ...
Sam Eckholm on MSN

Watch inside America's 2,600-acre airplane boneyard packed with 3,000 aircraft

Spanning more than 2,600 acres (1,050 hectares) in the Arizona Desert, the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group ...
AOL

Inside one of the world's biggest aircraft 'graveyards' where planes go to die — and airlines can dissect them for parts

There are approximately 8,000 "end-of-life retired aircraft" sitting in deserts, jungles, and storage yards across the globe. Another 11,000 planes are expected to join them over the next 10 years.
Forbes

Designers Plan To Transform Retired Airplane Fuselages Into Luxury Hotel Suites

At airports around the world, hundreds of aircraft are retired to desert graveyards every year. Many are dismantled for parts; others are left to rust. What if these could get a second chance on the ...
Flying

Inside the U.S. Airpower Reserve

The 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG), known as "The Boneyard," is a critical operational logistics engine for U.S. and allied military aviation, serving as a global parts ...