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Where planes go to die It’s where old planes go to die - a 2,600-acre patch of U.S. desert where several generations of military aircraft are stored. The US$35billion (£22billion) worth of outdated planes is kept as spare parts for current models at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona. Some planes are merely stored at the base between deployments, but for more than 80 per cent of the 4200 aircraft that call it home, it is a cemetery of steel - 350,000 items to be called on when needed. Click through for the full article.

Where planes go to die

It’s where old planes go to die - a 2,600-acre patch of U.S. desert where several generations of military aircraft are stored.

The US$35billion (£22billion) worth of outdated planes is kept as spare parts for current models at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona.

Some planes are merely stored at the base between deployments, but for more than 80 per cent of the 4200 aircraft that call it home, it is a cemetery of steel - 350,000 items to be called on when needed.

Click through for the full article.

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