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The
Aerospace
Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) is a one-of-a-kind
specialized facility within the Air Force Materiel Command structure. AMARC
provides critical aerospace maintenance and regeneration capabilities for
Joint and Allied/Coalition warfighters in support of global operations and
agile combat support for a wide range of military operations.
Call the "Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal
Center" (MASDC) before its name change in Oct 1985 AMARC is a joint service
facility managed by the US Air Force Material Command, often referred to as 'The
Boneyard'. It is an aerospace storage and maintenance facility
with the mission of
reclamation of spare parts, a process of careful part reclamation on a scheduled and
ad-hoc basis, and the eventual disposal of spent airframes.
On an average, AMARC controls over 4,200 aircraft and other military
equipment, many of which can actually be returned to
operational status due to a continual process of
anti-corrosion and re-preservation work which keeps the aircraft in a stable
condition during their stay.
Although most AMARC assets end up being
smelted down into ingots by nearby metal processors, many
aircraft leave AMARC to become instructional aircraft, museum
displays or target Drones.
As the F-106's
left service they went
to AMARC some went twice: before and after flying and surviving as
target Drones (QF-106). Some
AMARC
surviving sixes are on static display
in the US, some were sent to the ocean floor as
artificial reefs, others were used by
NASA for special missions.
F-106's return after surviving Drone duty
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QF 590043 |
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Row of QF-106's |
Row of QF-106's |
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Row of Sixes |
Row of Sixes |
Row of Sixes |
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Row of Sixes |
Row of Sixes |
Row of Sixes |
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Row of Sixes |
Row of Sixes |
Junkyard |
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