AZT750 - J-2 - From Tucson to Sierra Vista - #arizonatrail

Cycling from Tucson (AZ) to Sierra Vista (AZ)

By BIKEPACKING.BE

April 21^st, 2015

Leaving Tucson

We finally arrived in Tucson the day before. Our actual flight plan was completely different than planned and so we arrived one day later in Tucson. Our flight went from BXL to Philladelphia via Goose Bay for fuel, one night stay in Phil, and then another flight to Phoenix … instead of BXL —> Heathrow —> Phoenix.

AZT750 - J-2 - From Tucson to Sierra Vista - #arizonatrail

The rear brake got damaged during transport (thanks American Airways!), so first off to the local bike shop.

The boneyard - 4.400 aircrafts!

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 Disposal Center, MASDC, and started life after World War II as the 3040th Aircraft Storage Group.

AMARG takes care of more than 4,400 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 309th Maintenance Wing 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.