Airplane scrap sale planned at D-M boneyard

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Airplane scrap sale planned at D-M boneyard
The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Apr 2, 2008 12:27:55 EDT

TUCSON, Ariz. — The boneyard at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base is about to come to life.

The base is preparing to sell a lot of scrap metal from old planes, about 27 million pounds worth.

Government Liquidation, a Scottsdale-based private firm that contracts with the Department of Defense, will begin selling pieces of old airplanes stored at the base at the end of the month.

The auction, billed as one of the largest of its kind, features scrap aluminum, steel, magnesium, titanium and rubber that came from aircraft stored at D-M’s Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, commonly called the “boneyard,” according to a company news release.

The aircraft include Navy A-4 Skyhawk attack jets and Air Force C-141 Starlifter cargo planes.


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