Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center

Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) is an aircraft storage and maintenance facility at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona. It is currently responsible for more than 4,400 aircraft, including 700 F-4s. A recent estimate put the sum of the original purchase prices of these aircraft at $27 billion. An Air Force Material Command unit, AMARC was originally meant solely for the storage of excess Department of Defense and Coast Guard aircraft. In recent years, however, the facility has been designated as the sole repository of out-of-service aircraft from all branches of the United States government.

AMARC was established shortly after World War II to house B-29 and C-47 aircraft. Davis-Monthan Air Force Base was chosen because of Tucson's low humidity, infrequent rainfall, and alkaline soil. The hard soil makes it possible to move aircraft around without having to pave the storage areas.

AEROSPACE MAINTENANCE AND REGENERATION CENTER