If These Planes Could Talk

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... the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base / Boneyard…..

“It Just Doesn’t Get Any Better” Jack Cattlilini, CW4, U.S. Army (ret), former military Gulfstream Pilot, (at 6:10 of 8:00)


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Published on Nov 19, 2014
It’s one of the most recognizable landmarks in Tucson, yet it is one of the least understood. Sprawling over 2600 acres in southeast Tucson, adjacent to Davis- Monthan Air Force base, is what’s affectionately known as “the Boneyard”. The over 4000 aircraft stored there are part of the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, and every one of them has a story.
 
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https://www.army.mil/article/130436
RAMSTEIN, Germany - The only Gulfstream III jet in operation in the U.S. Army made its final flight back to the United States from Ramstein Air Base in Germany July 23, 2014 prior to being decommissioned.

The "Lexington," which gets its name for the Revolutionary War battle that took place in Massachusetts in 1775, began its Army career in 1988 when it was fielded to serve as the primary aircraft for the Secretary of the Army and the Chief of Staff of the Army.

Following its replacement with a Gulfstream 550, the "Lexington" earned its new home in 2004, when it was sent to the U.S. Army Priority Air Transport - Europe Flight Detachment at Ramstein Air Base to be a part of a rotational pool of aircraft supporting theater commanders in Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.

"The mission (of USAPAT-EFD) has been really important to the theater commanders that this aircraft supported," said Col. Timothy Brown, the commander of U.S. Army Air Operations Group. "This aircraft in particular is critical because it has been an enabler for our senior leaders to circulate around the battlefield and spend time visiting with troops on the frontline."
 

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I remember that C-20 and a couple of others when they arrived for storage. They get parked right behind our ramp as a transient holding area prior to being towed into the boneyard, if they're not doing an immediate intake to the yard.
 
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