AMARG from the air 18/03/2013
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AMARG from the air 18/03/2013
The 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (309 AMARG) is located next to Davis-Monthan AFB. The location was chosen because of Tucson's meager rainfall, low humidity, and alkaline soil. These conditions make it possible to store aircraft indefinitely with a minimum of deterioration and corrosion. In addition, the soil (called caliche) is hard, making it possible to park aircraft in the desert without constructing concrete or steel parking ramps. . The Group provides customer services including aircraft regeneration (restoring aircraft to flying status), programmed depot-level maintenance, and parts reclamation, in addition to its historic storage and disposal functions. More than 4400 aircraft are stored at AMARG, so its a very impressive sight, which is even more impressive from the air. So we went to Double Eagle Aviation and hired a cessna with pilot for one hour and flew over the site to take some nice pictures.
One of the many Ramstein hercs
Norwegian C-130's
recently arrived C-5's
UK harriers
row of fame
Private scrapyard next to AMARG
Just over one year after arrival in AMARG, NASA was still dismanteling this laser 747
NATO TCA
And to finish, some of Pima air and Space museum, which is next to AMARG
One of the many Ramstein hercs
Norwegian C-130's
recently arrived C-5's
UK harriers
row of fame
Private scrapyard next to AMARG
Just over one year after arrival in AMARG, NASA was still dismanteling this laser 747
NATO TCA
And to finish, some of Pima air and Space museum, which is next to AMARG
Re: AMARG from the air 18/03/2013
Very cool set. Interesting to see how AMARG changed over the past couple of years.
Re: AMARG from the air 18/03/2013
Very nice shots from the air , it gives a very good impression of the storage area near Davis Monthan, is a sightseeing flight expensive, and how long will that flight last ?
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Full log coming soon
Everytime it is impressive.
Everytime it is impressive.
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Re: AMARG from the air 18/03/2013
For a country with a tight budget, it is a great place to go shopping. Just buy off the shelve....
Re: AMARG from the air 18/03/2013
Nice photos.
The 5th shot of Pima museum just looks like a set of plastic aircraft models.
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The 5th shot of Pima museum just looks like a set of plastic aircraft models.
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Re: AMARG from the air 18/03/2013
nothing more can i say....
It's worth a visit as i see...
Just saving some money for the next couple years i think..???
Grt,
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It's worth a visit as i see...
Just saving some money for the next couple years i think..???
Grt,
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Als je het niet wil pakken , dan pak ik het wel.... moet je wel zeggen waar?????....
Ik zeg zomaar,... pak wat je kan pakken want anders is het weg!!!!!!...
Als je het niet wil pakken , dan pak ik het wel.... moet je wel zeggen waar?????....
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Re: AMARG from the air 18/03/2013
Impressive shots, thanks for sharing. Big challenge to write down all the serials...
kind regards,
Maurits
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Re: AMARG from the air 18/03/2013
Very impressive! Thank you!