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309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group

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309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group
Active	1946–present
Country	United States
Branch	Air Force
Type	Group
Role	Equipment Support
Part of	Air Force Material Command
Garrison/HQ	Davis–Monthan Air Force Base
Commanders
Current commander	Colonel Jennifer M. Barnard
Insignia
Emblem

Aerial View of AMARG, 16 May 1992.

Welcome sign at AMARG before its 2007 name change.

Boeing 707s being used for salvage parts for the C-135 airframe at AMARG.

Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawkhelicopters at AMARG

B-1 bombers in storage at AMARG

Navy and Marine Corps McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II fighters in storage at AMARG.

The 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG),^[1] often called The Boneyard, is a United States Air Force aircraft and missile storage and maintenance facility in Tucson, Arizona, located on Davis–Monthan Air Force Base. AMARG was previously Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center, AMARC, the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposition Center, MASDC, and was established after World War II as the 3040th Aircraft Storage Group.

AMARG takes care of nearly 4,000 aircraft, which makes it the largest aircraft storage and preservation facility in the world. An Air Force Materiel Command unit, the group is under the command of the Ogden Air Logistics Complex at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. AMARG was originally meant to store excess Department of Defense and Coast Guard aircraft, but has in recent years been designated the sole repository of out-of-service aircraft from all branches of the US government. The arid climate of the region makes AMARG an ideal location for storing aircraft, as there is very little humidity in the air that would corrode metal.