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A busy morning at AMARG--1) Former Marine KC-130T, BuNo 163022, is given a special blessing for a safe journey by Father John Alit. The aircraft is one of two C-130 aircraft transferred to the Philippine Air Force for humanitarian and airlift requirements. 2) Aircraft workers assigned to the...

309th Aerospace Maintenance And Regeneration Group updated their cover photo.

For the former Crew Chief of C-130, Serial No. 78-0807 who took pride in maintaining this aircraft which performed countless missions to include winning numerous Red Flag Volant Rodeos, a photograph as she rests in desert storage. Thank you Chief for your 41 years of dedicated service. - August...

Davis-Monthan AFB turning F-16 fighter jets into drones Posted: Jul 28, 2016 7:03 PM PST Updated: Jul 29, 2016 12:46 PM PST TUCSON, AZ (CBS5) - The perfectly symmetrical lines of planes stretch out for at least a half mile in all directions. Welcome to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and...

The fourth of seven C-23s restored for flight heads for Missoula, Montana. The aircraft will be upgraded for FAA certification and used to haul cargo and personnel for wildfire suppression efforts in the Western U.S. Shane Bak, from Missoula, Montana and Brad Richards from Redding, Calif...

1 MORE DAY UNTIL THE NEW FOURTH BUILDING OPENS! Make plans now to see all four galleries, including the Presidential Gallery, which will feature SAM 26000, the Air Force One that carried President Kennedy on his fateful trip to Dallas in 1963 and brought his body back to Washington, D.C. after...

The Titan Transtage, an upper stage of the Titan III rocket family, arrived at NASA's Johnson Space Center May 26 after a cross-country trek from the 309th Aerospace Maintenance And Regeneration Group in Tucson, Arizona, where it will be studied by scientists in our Orbital Debris Program Office...

The first C-23C withdrawn from storage for the United States Forest Service was ready for flight in less than week and departed early Friday. Delivering code one (no discrepancies) to Kingman, Ariz., it will undergo a new red and white USFS paint scheme before departing for overhaul in Missoula...

SLV-5 (Space Launch Vehicle-5) payload section designed to carry two satellites into low Earth orbit atop a Titan missile departs for Johnson Space Center in Houston. Authentic except for the nose cone built with a window for museum display. SLV-5 or payload section built to carry two...

AMARG is part of a KGUN 9 news series on Davis-Monthan AFB being introduced tonight live from AMARG's display row. - May 9, 2016 http://www.kgun9.com/news/davis-monthan/take-a-tour-of-the-boneyard -*//-*/-*/-*/ KGUN 9 News airs live tonight from the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and...

Gone but not forgotten

Struck by the Thunderbolt In the heart of the Sonoran Desert lies a 2,600-acre piece of land, a “boneyard,” where it is commonly understood a unique bond exists between an Airman and his aircraft. Since the days shortly after World War II, this particular piece of land, located on...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwRUrq9F1gA This year is the 70th anniversary of what we now know as the 309th AMARG. The name has changed over the years, but the service it's provided has remained constant. And this is just the beginning. Over the coming weeks as we'll have some historical...

B-52G, 61-0007, regenerated from 309 AMARG a year ago February, now undergoing depot maintenance at Tinker AFB, Okla. 4/1/2016 - TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- The "Ghost Rider," B-52 Stratofortress tail number 61-007, is at Tinker Air Force Base for its first Programmed Depot Maintenance...

U.S. Coast Guard introduces first C-27J Medium Range Surveillance airplane in the service’s colors http://theaviationist.com/2016/04/06/u-s-coast-guard-introduces-first-c-27j-medium-range-surveillance-airplane-in-the-services-colors/ The U.S. Coast Guard has accepted the first of 14 C-27J...

One of the last S-3Bs to actively serve with the U.S. Navy arrived at AMARG on Jan. 8, 2016. Bureau Number 160147 was assigned to VX-30 the Navy's Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (Bloodhounds) at Point Mugu, Calif. prior to retiring. - Jan. 14, 2016

A beautiful snow line in Tucson's Catalina mountains accents a C-130 background! - Jan. 8, 2016

http://www.hill.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123465619 Retired A-10C appealing to the "software" side of Hill

A Navy Centennial paint-schemed aircraft brightens up a line of similar T-39s. - Dec. 17, 2015 A former Myrtle Beach A-10A, 78-0666, once assigned to the 356 Fighter Sqdn, on it's way to HVF-West today for recycling. - Dec. 15, 2015

It's a "BoneSaw" thaw this morning after temps dipped below freezing overnight. - Dec 15, 2015