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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. 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 ...

4. 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 ...

5. Avra Valley - Wikipedia

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   Avra Valley Airport is a general aviation airport in Marana, located about 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Tucson, and being used for storage of classic propeller-era airliners. The center- (west) of the valley is at Cocoraque Butte, [1] 32.22119°N 111.34205°W, extended northeast from the Roskruge Mountains. Cocoraque Butte's height is 2,758 ...

6. Columbine II - Wikipedia

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   Columbine II is a Lockheed VC-121A-LO Constellation (Air Force Serial Number 48-8610, Lockheed Model 749-79-36); the aircraft that was to become the first plane to use the Air Force One callsign and the only presidential aircraft ever sold to a private party. The aircraft was ferried from long-term storage in the Sonoran Desert at Marana ...

7. Evergreen International Airlines - Wikipedia

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   Evergreen International Airlines was a charter and cargo airline based in McMinnville, Oregon, United States. Wholly owned by Evergreen International Aviation, it had longstanding ties to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). [2] It operated contract freight services, offering charters and scheduled flights, as well as wet lease services.

8. Marana Regional Airport - Wikipedia

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   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 town in Pima County, Arizona, United States. [1] In 1999, the airport was purchased from Pima ...

9. Davis–Monthan Air Force Base - Wikipedia

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   Source: Federal Aviation Administration [1] Davis–Monthan Air Force Base ( DM AFB) ( IATA: DMA, ICAO: KDMA, FAA LID: DMA) is a United States Air Force base 5 miles (4 nmi; 8 km) southeast of downtown Tucson, Arizona. It was established in 1925 as Davis–Monthan Landing Field. The host unit for Davis–Monthan AFB is the 355th Wing (355 WG ...