Thanks, that’s a great pic giving perspective of the place.
Just imagine the billions of dollars paid out for those planes when new.
I think of all the long hours spent by the men who crewed those aircraft.
Better than all the trillions pissed away on welfare.This created jobs and industries which helped make this country the super power that it is.That being said IKE was right.Beware the military industrial complex.
“...Just imagine the billions of dollars paid out for those planes when new.” [jazusamo, post 5]
They didn’t travel direct from the manufacturer to Davis-Monthan. Every type identifiable in the images accompanying the article enjoyed a long and eventful service life.
D-M seems big now, but it was only a tiny fraction of the aircraft demobilization and surplus-disposal effort following the end of the Second World War: the United States aircraft industry produced over 290,000 aircraft for the war. Of these, some 65,000 were lost in action, during transit, and in training. Over 117,000 were declared obsolete or surplus to requirements and sold off as soon as permissible, out of some 150,000 placed into storage. Over 30 locations were established across the southern CONUS, from Arkansas west to California.
Wasteful? Arguably. Just another illustration of the impact to the nation, in its lunkheaded race to disarm.