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2. Pinal Airpark - Wikipedia

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   Pinal Airpark's primary function is to serve as a boneyard for civilian commercial aircraft, where the area's dry desert climate mitigates corrosion of the aircraft. It is the largest commercial aircraft storage and heavy maintenance facility in the world. Even so, many aircraft which are brought here wind up being scrapped.

3. Marana, Arizona - Wikipedia

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   Marana (/ m ə ˈ r æ. n ə /) is a ... Many commercial airlines send their airplanes to this site for storage. It was well known in the 1970s and 1980s as an air ...

4. 2000 Marana V-22 crash - Wikipedia

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   Survivors. 0. On 8 April 2000, a V-22 Osprey aircraft operated by the United States Marine Corps crashed during a night training exercise at Marana Regional Airport near Tucson, Arizona. [1] The crash killed all 19 U.S. Marines on board and intensified debate about the reliability of the Osprey. It was later determined that the aircraft had ...

5. Aircraft boneyard - Wikipedia

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   An aircraft boneyard or aircraft graveyard is a storage area for aircraft which are retired from service. Most aircraft at boneyards are either kept for storage continuing to receive some maintenance or parts of the aircraft are removed for reuse or resale and the aircraft are scrapped. Boneyard facilities are generally located in deserts such ...

6. Category : Post–World War II aircraft storage facilities

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   Pages in category "Post–World War II aircraft storage facilities" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

7. Arizona World War II Army Airfields - Wikipedia

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   Marana Army Air Field, 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Marana; Army Air Forces Basic Flying School / Army Air Forces Pilot School (Basic); 8 July 1942–15 September 1945 389th Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron; 8 August 1942–30 April 1944 3024th Army Air Forces Base Unit; 1 May 1944–1 November 1945 Now: Pinal Airpark (IATA: MZJ, ICAO: KMZJ)

8. Marana Regional Airport - Wikipedia

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   Marana Regional Airport. /  32.4095556°N 111.2183889°W  / 32.4095556; -111.2183889. Marana Regional Airport ( IATA: AVW, ICAO: KAVQ, FAA LID: AVQ ), also known as Marana Northwest Regional Airport or Avra Valley Airport, is a non-towered, general aviation airport about 15 miles (13 nmi; 24 km) northwest of Tucson, Arizona in Marana a ...

9. El Paso firefighter captures stunning aircraft-moon shot ...

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   For five years, an El Paso firefighter working aircraft rescue gazed above, watching planes glide across the dark skies, only briefly illuminated by moonlight. Jose Sariñana, 48, envisioned ...