When World War II drew to a close in 1945, the Allies had a massive surplus of military vehicles on their hands. The United States alone had manufactured approximately 294,000 aircraft for the war.

Many of the aircraft that survived the war were not worth the expense of transportation back to the States, and were dumped or destroyed in their theatre of operation.

Australian Jeff Watson takes a 44 minute journey through the Bone Yard. The Davis Monthan air force base in Tucson Arizona is the home of AMARG the 309th Aerospace maintenance and Regenaration Group commonly known as The BoneYard. Basking in the dry Arizona sun are 4,400 aircraft ranging from the enormous C 5a Galaxy to fast jets like the F-15 Eagle, F14 Tomcat and F-16 Fighting Falcon. The US Government have been storing planes here since 1946. Back then the facillity stored excess WW2 fighter, transport and bomber aircraft. Iconic planes like the DC3 or B29, some of these older examples can still be seen lying in the desert. Most of the aircraft that end their days at Davis Mothan will never fly again but around 20% are actually put back into service.

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It's the post-Vietnam footage that astounds me, where they're pushing Huey's off Aircraft carriers straight into the sea.

With the collapse of South Vietnam, numerous boats and ships, VNAF helicopters and some fixed-wing aircraft sailed or flew out to the evacuation fleet. Helicopters began to clog ship decks and eventually, some were pushed overboard to allow others to land. Pilots of other helicopters were told to drop off their passengers and then take off and ditch in the sea, from where they would be rescued.

The Matrix, circa 1930.