The Davis-Monthan Air Force Base is 2,600 acres and houses the resting place for the 'bone yards'. Here you will find bombers, fighters, cargo planes, helicopters and who knows what other special military transportation.
Tucson was chosen of all the bases in the U.S. just after WWII because of the low humidity, meager rainfall and sturdy soil. There is a whole battalion of folks who care for the equipment. Sometimes they are preparing them for their 'wait in silence'. Sometimes they remove parts to retool other planes of the same year and model (there are 32 kinds of planes here). Sometimes they prepare the planes to be repurposed, sending them to other government agencies like the Forest Service or NASA. And sometimes they go back in military service.
"Davis-Monthan AFB is today the location of the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG), the sole aircraft boneyard and parts reclamation facility for all excess military and government aircraft.
Aircraft from the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, NASA and other government agencies are processed at AMARG, which employs 550 people, almost all civilians. It is the largest airplane boneyard in the world."
even quiet and still
their energy radiates outward...