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  2. Aircraft boneyard - Wikipedia

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    An aircraft boneyard or aircraft graveyard is a storage area for aircraft which are retired from service. Most aircraft at boneyards are either kept for storage continuing to receive some maintenance or parts of the aircraft are removed for reuse or resale and the aircraft are scrapped. Boneyard facilities are generally located in deserts such ...

  3. The 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (309th AMARG), [3] 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. The 309th AMARG was previously Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center, and the Military ...

  4. Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility - Wikipedia

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    Aircraft carriers stored at the NISMF in Bremerton, 2012.From left to right: Independence, Kitty Hawk, Constellation and Ranger. A Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF) is a facility owned by the United States Navy as a holding facility for decommissioned naval vessels, pending determination of their final fate.

  5. Aircraft recycling - Wikipedia

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    Aircraft recycling is the process of scrapping and disassembling retired aircraft, and re-purposing their parts as spare parts or scrap. Airplanes are made of around 800 to 1000 parts that can be recycled, with the majority of them made from metal alloys and composite materials. [1][2] The two most common metal alloys are aluminum and titanium ...

  6. USS Shangri-La - Wikipedia

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    USS Shangri-La (CV/CVA/CVS-38) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers completed during or shortly after World War II for the United States Navy.. Commissioned in 1944 and named after the mythical paradise of the same name, Shangri-La participated in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations in World War II, earning two battle stars.

  7. Flyaway Deep Ocean Salvage System - Wikipedia

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    From top to bottom, visible major components include the multi-sheave Ship Motion Compensator, Traction Winch, and Take-up Storage Reel. The Flyaway Deep Ocean Salvage System (FADOSS) is a modular system used by the United States Navy to raise sunken objects, such as aircraft or small vessels. It has a maximum lifting capacity of 60,000 lb ...

  8. USS Independence (CV-62) - Wikipedia

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    4 EA-6B Prowler, 4 E-2C Hawkeye, 8 S-3/ES-3 Viking, 3 SH-60F Seahawk, 2 HH-60 Seahawk. The fifth USS Independence (CV/CVA-62) was an aircraft carrier of the United States Navy. She was the fourth and final member of the Forrestal class of conventionally powered supercarriers. She entered service in 1959, with much of her early years spent in ...

  9. USS Bennington (CV-20) - Wikipedia

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    Bulkheads: 4 in (102 mm) Aircraft carried. 36 × Grumman F6F Hellcat. 36 × Douglas SBD Dauntless. 18 × Grumman TBF Avenger. USS Bennington (CV/CVA/CVS-20) was an Essex -class aircraft carrier in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946 and from 1952 to 1970. She was sold for scrap in 1994.

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