Creepily breathtaking, the planet's largest aircraft graveyards give off serious post-apocalyptic vibes. These vast aviation cemeteries, which are usually located in eerie, remote locations, serve as ...

The airplane boneyard (or graveyard) is a place that many people do not get to see. In a way, it is where planes that have operated for years go to retire. Though the demand for flights has ...

If you are unfamiliar with the term airplane boneyards, let us simplify it for you. An airplane boneyard is a graveyard for aircraft. It is a huge area of land where planes that are retired or out of ...

From the air, they look like toys scattered across a giant sandbox—hundreds of airliners slotted nose to tail beneath the glare of a pitiless desert sun. There are the lumbering, humpbacked 747s ...

The concept of a warplane “boneyard,” where old planes go when they retire, is actually pretty rare. While the Pentagon maintains the world’s largest boneyard, the concept is relatively unknown to ...

The Air Force is recalling a bomber sent to a desert retirement back to active duty. “Lancelot” enjoyed a brief vacation in Arizona before a vacancy in the fleet needed filling. The bomber is ...

Kathleen Allen Apr 20, 2017 Apr 20, 2017 Updated May 8, 2017 Aircraft history is scattered all over a big dirt lot in southeast Tucson. And once a month, you can explore it. Boneyard Safari, founded ...

Airborne Command and Control Squadron 123 “Screwtops” have retired the E-2C to continue transition to the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye. VAW-123 sent two of its four remaining E-2C Hawkeye AEW&C (Airborne ...