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AMARC

"Davis Monthan AFB, AZ"

Aerospace Maintenance & Regeneration Center

 

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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F-106's before they were Drones

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