Sue and I visited the Pima Air and Space museum and AMARC  (Aircraft Maintenance and Regeneration Center) facility along with the Titan ICBM missile facility in April of this year. The museum is privately run while AMARC is a part of the Davis Monthan Air Force Base.  AMARC holds about 5000 military aircraft from all branches of the service.  Most aircraft are sealed with a compound called "spraylatt" which is a black rubber type compound with a white top coating to reflect the heat from the sun.  About half of the aircraft are just in storage and could be reactivated or used for parts while the rest are being cannibalized for parts only, thus the term "bone yard" is sometimes used when referring to this facility.

Some of these photos do not have labels, however I have placed numbers on each photo, so feel free to e-mail me for info regarding identification.  eagle1@toast.net
 

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When entering the museum, one walks under this Sikorski Sky Crane, a Coast Guard Helicopter
is in the background.
 

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B-377SG Super Guppy
 

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The Super Guppy was used by NASA to haul rocket parts.  The front portion of the fuselage
swings open to load and unload.
 

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This B-52 dubbed "The High and Mighty" was used to carry the X15 rocket plane to
launch altitude.
 

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The pylon in the upper corner of this photo was used to carry the X15.
 
 

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Sue is standing behind a British AV-8C Harrier.
 

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Front view of the Harrier
 

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Cessna Skymaster O-2A used for observation. It is a twin engine, twin tail aircraft.  It is difficult
to see, but it has a pusher motor at the rear of the fuselage.
 
 

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SR-71 Blackbird used for high altitude reconnaissance.
 

AMARC

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F4 Phantom
 

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F4 Phantoms
 

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B52
 
 

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In the main museum building, they have on exhibit some general aviation aircraft including this
home-built "Bumble Bee" which is at the other end of the spectrum from the other aircraft
on display.

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