Just across from the museum at Davis Monahan field is the famous aircraft boneyard. Aircraft are sent here either for parts salvage, for storage, or resale. The number of aircraft is amazing, something like 4,600 military aircraft & a few civilian ones. There was an entire field of Hercules and big areas of: fighters, refuelers, bombers, trainers, helicopters, etc. The B-1's are impressive, built at a cost of $385 million each. The B-52's both for storage & salvage. The row upon row of fighters at about $25-$30 million each. The tour guide said the parts inventory was valued at $5Billion.
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