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