BONEYARD

DESERT

SCRAPBOOK

Part 3 US Marines and Other Agencies by D Francis and Tim Upson Smith

PART

THREE

In amongst the KC-135s there was this example of a US Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules. Of note is the green colour seen on the upper surfaces of two of the KC-135s, a scheme I am not familiar with

The US Army was represented by a number of Shorts C-23 Sherpas. No doubt these will have a second life in the near future

Another HC-130H was this example from the US Forestry Service that had seen service as fire bomber prior to retirement

D

avis-Monthan Air Base

(the “Boneyard”) is now

the central storage area

for all US government aircraft in

storage, with one exception: the

F-117 stealth ighter was found

to be not suitable for outdoor

storage. So is the only US Air

Force type currently in storage,

but not at the Boneyard.

In our inal part of our look

at the Desert Boneyard we will

look at some of the US Marine

aircraft in storage as well as a few

of the other agencies that have

aircraft awaiting their fate.

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