“Nope, it was at Sheppard. It was the base boneyard and was located behind the hospital, he thinks. There was a B 66 there and we were both excited about that. Also had a B-57 and several others. :)”
The facility at Davis-Monthan near Tucson (now officially the Aircraft Maintenance and Regeneration Center, or AMARC, unofficially “the Boneyard” in service jargon) was not the only assemblage of inactive aircraft, back in the day.
Immediately after WWII several locations were established, were inactive aircraft were stored, pending final decisions on their fate. There was one near Kingman, AZ. Never seen the full list but Sheppard could have been one.
Typically, they were set up in the American Southwest: warm, dry climate was better for storing aircraft with minimal deterioration.
Boneyards were never merely big parking lots where inactive aircraft sat until sold for scrap and broken up. Often, they were sources of replacement parts for systems still in use by the military, or civilian operators of similar airframes.
Thank you! I went to see it myself [and loved seeing aircraft that were no longer in production—like a museum!], and I never went to AZ till about 6 years ago, so I knew I couldn’t have been dreaming! LOL!
I’d love to take a stroll through the one in AZ with hubby. He has great stories for all of them. He was AF and loves all things aircraft. :)