Featured in boneyardBYTyler Rogoway and Brett TingleyJan 9, 2022ShareHeavy Traffic: A B-52 Bomber Is Being Trucked Across The Central United States (Updated)Don’t be alarmed if a strategic bomber fuselage goes whizzing by you on the highway. BYTyler Rogoway and Brett TingleyJan 9, 2022ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJan 3, 2022Share750 F-35s Now Delivered, Navy To Put Some Of Its Oldest Test Models Into StorageThe F-35 program has hit a major production milestone as primary test efforts are finally spinning down. BYJoseph TrevithickJan 3, 2022ShareBYJoseph TrevithickDec 10, 2021ShareDozens Of Afghan Helicopters Have Now Arrived At The U.S. Air Force’s BoneyardMore Russian-built Mi-17 Hips and a number of smaller American-made MD 530F Little Birds have been airlifted to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 10, 2021ShareBYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayNov 20, 2021ShareTrio Of Afghan Mi-17 Helicopters Quietly Arrive At The U.S. Air Force’s BoneyardThere is immense pressure to keep ex-Afghan Air Force aircraft out of the hands of the Taliban. BYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayNov 20, 2021ShareBYBrett TingleyJul 9, 2021ShareThe Last Airworthy S-3B Viking Is Set To Fly Off Into The SunsetNASA’s retirement of its S-3B aircraft means the long, storied career of the famed submarine hunter has finally come to an end. BYBrett TingleyJul 9, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMar 25, 2021ShareDozens Of AH-1Z And UH-1Y Helicopters Will Be Retired As Part Of The USMC’s Force RedesignAround one-fifth of the combined AH-1Z and UH-1Y fleets, which are still very young, are headed for long-term storage in the coming years. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 25, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickNov 27, 2020ShareMIT Lincoln Lab’s Storied 707 Military Testbed Jet Is Now At The BoneyardFor almost 30 years, the aircraft supported a wide variety of radar, communications, and other flight test programs in cooperation with the Air Force. BYJoseph TrevithickNov 27, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJul 13, 2020ShareFirst KC-10 Extender Tanker Jet Heads To The Boneyard For Retirement (Updated)The type’s first retirement comes 40 years nearly to the day after its first flight and as Congress works to delay such retirements. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 13, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJul 5, 2020ShareThe U.S. Air Force Almost Rented a Squadron of A-10 Warthogs to ColombiaThe Colombian Air Force was very interested in turning the tank-busting jets on rebels and drug cartels. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 5, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayApr 30, 2020ShareThese Aerial And Satellite Photos Of An Airport Absolutely Stuffed With Airliners Are NutsNowhere has received more airliners for storage during this crisis than Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville, California. BYTyler RogowayApr 30, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickApr 24, 2020ShareAir Force Sends Full B-1B Airframe From Boneyard To Kansas To Create Its “Digital Twin”The highly detailed computer model will make it easier to identify potential points of failure to help keep the remaining bombers flying. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 24, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareMysterious US Army Spy Plane Turns Up at the Boneyard in ArizonaThis aircraft and another just like it previously spent time flying secretive missions over Afghanistan and Libya. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMay 27, 2019ShareThe Air Force Can’t Say What It Plans To Do With Its Retired B-2 BombersThe goal is to have them all out of service by 2032, but putting them in storage or destroying them could be complicated and costly. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 27, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayApr 6, 2018ShareThe Compelling Case For Turning S-3 Vikings Into The Navy’s New MQ-25 Tanker DroneThere’s plenty of paid for S-3s that can be converted to do the job and a dedicated Viking tanker variant has already been engineered and flown. BYTyler RogowayApr 6, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayNov 15, 2017SharePictures Emerge Of Covered F-117 Being Transported On A Trailer In Southern NevadaThe photos come as another sign that the F-117 program is finally winding down once and for all. BYTyler RogowayNov 15, 2017Share
BYTyler Rogoway and Brett TingleyJan 9, 2022ShareHeavy Traffic: A B-52 Bomber Is Being Trucked Across The Central United States (Updated)Don’t be alarmed if a strategic bomber fuselage goes whizzing by you on the highway. BYTyler Rogoway and Brett TingleyJan 9, 2022Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJan 3, 2022Share750 F-35s Now Delivered, Navy To Put Some Of Its Oldest Test Models Into StorageThe F-35 program has hit a major production milestone as primary test efforts are finally spinning down. BYJoseph TrevithickJan 3, 2022Share
BYJoseph TrevithickDec 10, 2021ShareDozens Of Afghan Helicopters Have Now Arrived At The U.S. Air Force’s BoneyardMore Russian-built Mi-17 Hips and a number of smaller American-made MD 530F Little Birds have been airlifted to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 10, 2021Share
BYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayNov 20, 2021ShareTrio Of Afghan Mi-17 Helicopters Quietly Arrive At The U.S. Air Force’s BoneyardThere is immense pressure to keep ex-Afghan Air Force aircraft out of the hands of the Taliban. BYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayNov 20, 2021Share
BYBrett TingleyJul 9, 2021ShareThe Last Airworthy S-3B Viking Is Set To Fly Off Into The SunsetNASA’s retirement of its S-3B aircraft means the long, storied career of the famed submarine hunter has finally come to an end. BYBrett TingleyJul 9, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMar 25, 2021ShareDozens Of AH-1Z And UH-1Y Helicopters Will Be Retired As Part Of The USMC’s Force RedesignAround one-fifth of the combined AH-1Z and UH-1Y fleets, which are still very young, are headed for long-term storage in the coming years. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 25, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickNov 27, 2020ShareMIT Lincoln Lab’s Storied 707 Military Testbed Jet Is Now At The BoneyardFor almost 30 years, the aircraft supported a wide variety of radar, communications, and other flight test programs in cooperation with the Air Force. BYJoseph TrevithickNov 27, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJul 13, 2020ShareFirst KC-10 Extender Tanker Jet Heads To The Boneyard For Retirement (Updated)The type’s first retirement comes 40 years nearly to the day after its first flight and as Congress works to delay such retirements. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 13, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJul 5, 2020ShareThe U.S. Air Force Almost Rented a Squadron of A-10 Warthogs to ColombiaThe Colombian Air Force was very interested in turning the tank-busting jets on rebels and drug cartels. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 5, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayApr 30, 2020ShareThese Aerial And Satellite Photos Of An Airport Absolutely Stuffed With Airliners Are NutsNowhere has received more airliners for storage during this crisis than Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville, California. BYTyler RogowayApr 30, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickApr 24, 2020ShareAir Force Sends Full B-1B Airframe From Boneyard To Kansas To Create Its “Digital Twin”The highly detailed computer model will make it easier to identify potential points of failure to help keep the remaining bombers flying. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 24, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareMysterious US Army Spy Plane Turns Up at the Boneyard in ArizonaThis aircraft and another just like it previously spent time flying secretive missions over Afghanistan and Libya. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMay 27, 2019ShareThe Air Force Can’t Say What It Plans To Do With Its Retired B-2 BombersThe goal is to have them all out of service by 2032, but putting them in storage or destroying them could be complicated and costly. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 27, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayApr 6, 2018ShareThe Compelling Case For Turning S-3 Vikings Into The Navy’s New MQ-25 Tanker DroneThere’s plenty of paid for S-3s that can be converted to do the job and a dedicated Viking tanker variant has already been engineered and flown. BYTyler RogowayApr 6, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayNov 15, 2017SharePictures Emerge Of Covered F-117 Being Transported On A Trailer In Southern NevadaThe photos come as another sign that the F-117 program is finally winding down once and for all. BYTyler RogowayNov 15, 2017Share
