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Map and Guide to Airplane Boneyards: Military and Civilian Aircraft Storage Facilities

A comprehensive guide to airplane boneyards — both military and civilian — across the USA and worldwide. It covers post-WWII aircraft surplus storage facilities (like Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, where thousands of fighter planes were stored after the war) as well as modern-day airliner storage and retirement facilities. The article includes a map and list of past and present boneyards, detailing their locations, historical significance, and current operations.

hyperific4d ago14 min readenInsight
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The United States manufactured about 294,000 aircraft for WWII, and once peace was assured the military found itself with a huge surplus of aircraft.
Within a year of the end of the war, about 34,000 airplanes had been moved to storage facilities.
Fighter boneyard at Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, post World War II

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