Recent News Articles Related to Airplane Boneyards |
13th AWACS Jet Flies West to Boneyard, Last of 2023 Divestments
Air & Space Forces Magazine - 10/11/2023
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'I'm gonna miss you' - Airman says goodbye to 65-year-old KC-135 tanker he spent 12 years fixing
Task and Purpose - 01/10/2023
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Lufthansa to Bring Back Complete A340-600 Fleet
Airways Magazine - 01/06/2023
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Congress protects F-22s from retirement, oks sending some A-10s to the boneyard
BreakingDefense - 12/08/2022
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Qantas CEO Says It Takes 4,500 Hours To Get One Grounded A380 Flying
SimpleFlying - 11/19/2022
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By the numbers: How Air New Zealand brings its planes in the desert back to life
Stuff NZ - 11/15/2022
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Luke’s Last F-16 Squadron Sends Its Block 25 Vipers To The Boneyard
TheDrive - 11/14/2022 |
This Arizona aircraft boneyard is not always the last stop for old planes
WeAreTheMighty - 11/08/2022
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Storing and scrapping aircraft in the Arizona desert
Recyling International - 10/18/2022 |
Back from the Boneyard: Cathay Pacific reactivates aircraft at Alice Springs
NZ Herald - 08/04/2022 |
Celebrate New Mexico: Roswell Air Center
KOAT Albuquerque - 07/15/2022 |
The afterlife of retired aircraft: what are old planes turned into?
Aerotime Hub - 06/08/2022
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Fourth Qantas A380 Back in Service for Melbourne-LA
Australian Aviation - 06/07/2022 |
Mojave Air and Space Port votes to adopt Rutan name change
Antelope Valley Press - 12/08/2021
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Mothballed planes stored in the Australian desert being returned to service
The Guardian - 10/31/2021 |
Qantas prepares planes for Sydney's international reopening
Reuters - 10/21/2021 |
Pictured! We Find Every Qantas 747 Still in a Boneyard
Australian Aviation - 07/27/2021 |
Davis-Monthan Boneyard marks 75 years of storing warplanes
KGUN9 Tucson - 04/01/2021
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Air New Zealand's grounded Boeing 777s spotted at plane graveyard in US desert
Stuff New Zealand - 01/26/2021
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Memories of the Mojave Air & Space Port boneyard
Antelope Valley Press - 01/03/2021
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SAS Prepares To Fly Its Final Airbus A340 To Retirement
Simple Flying - 11/23/2020
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Lufthansa Sending Boeing 747s to Retirement in the Mojave Desert
Simple Flying - 11/04/2020
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How six Boeing 747s became logistical nightmare for Lufthansa
Aerotime Hub - 11/04/2020
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Delta Celebrates Boeing 777 Retirement with Final Transcontinental Flight
Frequent Business Traveler - 11/02/2020
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Qantas’ Airbus A380 Fleet at Victorville – What Is The Latest?
Simple Flying - 10/18/2020
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Alice Springs Photo Reveals the Fate of Commercial Travel in 2020
Dmarge - 10/20/2020
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Roswell Air Center commercial plane parking, storage still growing
Roswell Daily Record - 10/17/2020
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New aviation business to land at Roswell airport
Albuquerque Journal - 09/28/2020
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With airline fleets grounded, plane recyclers bet on parts boom
Reuters / Yahoo News - 09/13/2020 |
Coronavirus: How the Travel Downturn is Sending Jet Planes to 'Boneyards'
TechToday19 - 08/03/2020 |
Qantas Farewells "Queen of the Skies"
Qantas News Room - 07/22/2020 |
Cebu Pacific sends several A321, A330 to Alice Springs for storage
Aviation Updates Philippines (AUP) - 07/20/2020
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British Airways retires entire 747 fleet after travel downturn
BBC - 07/17/2020
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Boneyard Bound: First KC-10 set for retirement
Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst - 07/14/2020
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Qantas stores aircraft at Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville
Victorville Daily Press - 07/11/2020 |
USAF's Last 'Spooky' Gunship Heads to the Boneyard
Popular Mechanics - 06/29/2020
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Qantas to store A380 superjumbos in Mojave Desert until 2023
News.Com.Au - 06/25/2020 |
Grounded jets boost France's historic Chateauroux airport
Reuters - 06/15/2020 |
Delta Flies MD-88s and MD-90s into sunset
Atlanta Journal Constitution - 06/02/2020 |
Arizona’s Pinal Airpark Houses Airline Fleets from Around the World
Airline Geeks - 05/23/2020 |
Parking a $375 million airplane takes more than just locking the door
Cnet - 05/18/2020 |
Over 720 aircraft currently in storage at UK airports
Business Traveller - 05/07/2020 |
Alice Springs Turned Into Plane Parking Lot As World's Airlines Scramble For Storage Space
10Daily - 05/05/2020 |
Here’s What You Do With Two-Thirds of the World’s Jets When They Can’t Fly
Bloomberg - 04/16/2020 |
Airlines parking planes at local Tucson area airports
KOLD News 13 - 04/08/2020 |
Airlines park hundreds of unused planes in California desert
Daily Mail UK - 04/07/2020 |
Delta and Soutwest start parking planes at SCLA in Victorville amid coronavirus fears
Victorville Valley News - 03/23/2020 |
In Pictures - Airports Begin to Resemble Aircraft Graveyards
Forbes - 03/22/2020 |
Airlines begin parking jetliners north of Tucson as virus restricts destinations, demand
Tucson.com - 03/20/2020 |
American Airlines to store 787 planes in Tulsa during coronavirus outbreak
KTUL Tulsa ABC8 - 03/16/2020 |
Commercial jets landing at Pinal Airpark as airlines cut flights due to corona virus
AZfamily - 03/16/2020 |
Delta begins storing its wide-body fleet
FlightRadar24 - 03/15/2020
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CAVU Aerospace Increases Capacity at Roswell. Victorville and Stuttgart for Short Term & Long-Term Storage of Aircraft Amidst Crisis
CAVU Aerospace - 03/13/2020
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Knock gets visit from world's largest passenger plane
The Irish Times - 02/20/2020
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Inside the airplane graveyards where planes go when they're retired from service
The Mirror - 01/29/2020
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Moses Lake airport close to maxing out on Boeing 737 storage
NW News Network - 01/07/2020
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Tarmac Aerosave Innovates in A380 Dismantling and Maintenance
Tarmac Aerosave - 11/20/2019 |
Davis-Monthan AFB aircraft boneyard keeps planes for parts or possible reuse
AirForceTimes.com - 11/10/2019
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Cathay Pacific retires lone 747-400BCF to Pinal Airpark
Cargo Facts - 10/01/2019
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Global Aviation Solutions Provider Acquires Two Boeing 747-400 Aircraft
CAVU Aerospace - 09/30/2019
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Airlines look to arid Australia to store Boeing 737 MAX planes
Financial Times - 09/19/2019
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The End of an Era: American Says Farewell to the Super 80
American Airlines - 09/04/2019
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United Airlines moving its Boeing 737 MAX jets to short-term storage in Arizona
Reuters - 08/28/2019
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Japanese Air Force One for Sale - Parked at Pinal Airpark
FlighGlobal - 08/13/2019 |
How Airlines Are Defending Dormant 737 MAX Jets from the Ravages of Corrosion, Insects and Time
Forbes - 08/12/2019 |
American Airlines Announces Schedule of Final MD-80 Revenue Flights
American Airlines - 06/24/2019
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Aviation Tourism's Best Kept Secret
Travel Pulse - 04/25/2019 |
Second B-52H Begins Regeneration Process at AMARG
MRO-Network - 04/10/2019 |
Grounded Southwest MAX8 Jets Parked at SCLA
Victorville Daily Press - 03/25/2019 |
Airbus A380 superjumbos are already being scrapped
News.com AU - 02/19/2019
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'Boneyard' in the desert recycles, refurbishes over 3,000 military planes
Fox News - 02/19/2019
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GA Telesis to tear down four Cathay 777s
Flight Global - 01/29/2019
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Airlines say goodbye to the 747 amid a transformation in international travel
MarketWatch - 12/29/2018
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The sun's setting on Corps' last EA-6B Prowler squadron with end of final deployment
Marine Times - 11/04/2018
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Cathay Pacific, Boeing to donate world's first 777 to aviation museum
Cathay Pacific - 09/17/2018
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Convair 880 Heading from Mojave Boneyard to the Tillamook Air Museum
AVweb - 08/24/2018 |
Disappearing into the Desert: American Sends Eight Super 80s to Roswell
AirlineGeeks - 08/21/2018 |
First Commercially Operated A380s to be Dismantled
FlightRadar24 - 06/06/2018 |
Early Boeing 787 test plane is dismantled for reuse, recylcing or scrap
Seattle Times - 04/25/2018 |
Pinal Airpark: Take a look inside Arizona's 'airplane graveyard'
ABC 15 Arizona - 02/12/2018 |
Delta Air Lines sends its last Boeing 747 to Arizona "boneyard"
USA Today - 01/04/2018 |
Retired 747 makes final landing at Pinal Airpark
Tucson News Now - 01/03/2018 |
End of the line: Bizjets to Beer Cans
AIN Online - 12/26/2017 |
NATO retires second E-3A to boneyard
Jane's Defence Weekly - 12/15/2017 |
Air Force turns to the Boneyard to train thousands of new maintainers
Air Force Times - 12/14/2017 |
Parked in the Pyrenees, A380 Awaits New Owner or Scrapyard
Stuff NZ - 11/13/2017 |
Allegiant ends Hawaii operations, retires 757-200s to Victorville
World Airline News - 11/12/2017 |
United Airlines retires last Boeing 747s to Victorville
11/08/2017 |
Air Canada retired one of its Boeing 767-300 to Pinal Airpark
News In Flight - 10/22/2017 |
309th AMARG sends off final regenerated C-27J
Davis-Monthan AFB - 10/19/2017 |
He Flew One of the Last Southwest 737-300 Classics to the Boneyard and the new 737-8MAX in the Same Weekend
AvGeekery.com - 10/02/2017 |
Southwest Sends Oldest 737s to Graveyard as Max Joins Fleet
Bloomberg - 09/29/2017 |
Mysterious US Army spyplane turns up at the Boneyard in Arizona
TheDrive - 09/26/2017 |
Delta enlists soon-to-be-retired Boeing 747 in Irma exodus
Bloomberg - 09/08/2017 |
Last Air Force C-5A has left Westover for boneyard
WWLP - 09/07/2017 |
The Air Force got parts from its boneyard to put its biggest plane back into service
Business Insider - 09/06/2017 |
Singapore Airlines Retires First A380 Ever Delivered
Airways Magazine - 08/25/2017 |
Southwest Airlines retiring older 737s to Victorville
San Bernardino Sun - 08/23/2017 |
Advance reservations now required for Davis-Monthan AFB AMARG bus tour
Pima Air and Space Museum - 08/18/2017 |
The last flight of GE's Boeing 747-100 flying testbed, at SCLA Victorville, California
GE Aviation at YouTube - 08/17/2017 |
AMARG hosts NBC's Weekend Today crew
Hilltop Times - 08/11/2017 |
309th AMARG delivers 23 F/A-18C Hornets ahead of schedule
U.S. Air Force - 08/03/2017 |
USAF may purchase Boeing 747-8 jets N894BA and N895BA stored at SCLA Victorville in California as new Air Force One
Defense One -
08/01/2017 |
Where airplanes go to die - and be reborn
Popular Science - 06/02/2017 |
Elvis' private jet auctioned for $430,000 after sitting on a runway for 35 years at Roswell NM boneyard
Fox News - 05/28/2017 |
Tours offer walk through aircraft, history at Tucson "boneyard"
Arizona Daily Star - Tucson.com - 04/20/2017 |
Recycling jetliners boosts local economy
KRQE -
Albuquerque NM - 04/04/2017 |
What happens when New Zealand's passenger jets are retired?
Stuff -
03/31/2017 |
Where Do the Largest Airplanes Go to Die?
Smithsonian Magazine -
03/30/2017 |
Ghost airport in Teruel, Spain, hosts sleeping planes
CNN Travel -
03/17/2017 |
Air Force's oldest HC-130 retires from Patrick AFB in Florida
Florida Today -
03/07/2017 |
Kemble-Cotsworld Airport: Europe's Leading Airliner Recycling Location
Aviation Week -
03/06/2017 |
Queen jumbo 747 heads for U.S. retirement this year
CNN Money -
01/12/2017 |
More older model C-130s being sent to AMARG
Montgomery Advertiser - Alabama -
01/12/2017 |
United Airlines retiring Boeing 747 fleet by end of 2017
Bloomberg -
01/11/2017 |
The airplane graveyard in Tucson, Arizona
ABC15 Arizona -
01/06/2017 |
Aboard the last flight to an airplane boneyard
CNN -
12/21/2016 |
The Boneyard's airplane-loving workers are in their element
Stars & Stripes -
09/22/2016 |
Aircraft storage finds perfect conditions in Outback climate
ABC News Australia -
09/11/2016 |
American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-80s retired to Roswell International Air Center
Forbes - 08/29/2016 |
The workhorse of the skies is being put out to pasture
Bloomberg - 08/23/2016 |
Desperate for planes, military turns to the "boneyard"
WTKR -
Norfolk, VA - 07/13/2016 |
Aircraft oasis in Australia's Outback is giving new life to old planes
Courier Mail -
07/01/2016 |
Marines pull aircraft from "boneyard", get used jets
Marine Corps Times -
06/25/2016 |
Aircraft Demolition, LLC Expands at Pinal Airpark
Aircraft Demolition -
05/23/2016 |
Boneyard techs putting F-16s back in the air as drones
KVOA Tucson News -
05/11/2016 |
Aircraft "Boneyard" marks 70th year in Tucson
Arizona Daily Star - Tucson.com -
04/05/2016 |
Historic military aircraft find new life at Tucson's "Boneyard"
Tucson Sentinel -
03/28/2016 |
Delta flies hail-damaged NWA Boeing 747 to Pinal Arizona boneyard
Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal -
07/10/2015 |
Pinal Airpark: Once secretive aircraft boneyard slowly opens its gates
AZcentral -
03/29/2015 |
Arizona's Pinal Airpark serves as airport, graveyard, junkyard and museum
Los Angeles Times -
01/08/2015 |
Outback plane graveyard at Alice Springs welcomes first arrivals
Sydney Morning Herald -
09/26/2014 |
Sources of Other Aircraft Storage & Reclamation News |
| Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association |
| Davis-Monthan Air Force Base AMARG |
| Pinal Airpark |
| Mojave Air and Space Port |
| Kingman Airport Authority |
| Roswell International Air Center |
| Southern California Logistics Airport |
| Phoenix Goodyear Airport |
