IIRC, the B-52s were being chopped as part of an arms limitation treaty with the Soviets, and they monitored the process with their satellites. Looks like the chopped airframes were permanently left in place as a condition of the treaty.
Wonder how many Tu-95s got chopped by the Russkies? They’ve been building brand new Bear bombers so it hardly matters.
Yes. IIRC, there were four cuts made. Each wing at the fuselage, one aft of the cockpit in front of the wings, and one in front of the tail. The wing tips were then moved in toward the fuselage with a bulldozer so that the Soviet satellites could quickly verify that they were looking at demilitarized aircraft vs. intact aircraft. I think it was the SALT II treaty that called for this destruction.
As a side note, when I was there from 1991-1994, they had an (I think) Apache helicopter there that was slated to go to the Shah of Iran. Delivery was set for just after the revolution, and subsequently never took place. It's been sitting at the Boneyard since the 70s.