Largest storage facility for aircraft
Who
AMARC
What
1052 hectare(s)
Where
United States (Tucson)
The Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) occupies 1,052 ha (2,600 acres) at Davis Monthan Air Force Base near Tucson, Arizona, USA, and has storage for 4,200 aircraft, 40 aerospace vehicles and 350,000 line items of production tooling; it has a workforce of 662 members. Some aircraft are stripped for spare parts, while others are stored before being sold to other airforces. Obsolete aircraft from the facility are also made airworthy before being shot down for target practice.