How The World s Largest Airplane Boneyard Stores 3,100 Aircraft | Big Business

The 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group stores thousands of retired military, forest service, and NASA aircraft in the Arizona desert. The massive collection of F-16s, C-5s, B-52s, A-4 Skyhawks, and others would be the world s second largest air force. But the planes don t just come here to die. Parts are reclaimed and entire planes are regenerated so they can go back into service. MORE BIG BUSINESS VIDEOS: How 1.1 Billion Flowers Are Imported And Inspected In The US For Valentine s Day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2AgtS2T5Lc How 40 Million Cork Wine Stoppers Are Harvested A Day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnnbuoeQFSI&t=0s How 800 Million Pounds of Himalayan Salt Are Mined Each Year https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h23rF0xrhTE&t=0s ------------------------------------------------------ #Airplane #Aircraft #BusinessInsider Business Insider tells you all you need to know about business, finance, tech, retail, and more. Visit us at: https://www.businessinsider.com Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/businessinsider BI on Facebook: https://read.bi/2xOcEcj BI on Instagram: https://read.bi/2Q2D29T BI on Twitter: https://read.bi/2xCnzGF BI on Amazon Prime: http://read.bi/PrimeVideo How The World s Largest Airplane Boneyard Stores 3,100 Aircraft | Big Business