The 'Boneyard': £22bn 'military cemetery' pictured in stunning Google Earth photos
The world’s most expensive military cemetery, a £22.6 billion centre dubbed “The Boneyard”, has been pictured in a spectacular series of new high-resolution Google Earth satellite images.
世界上最昂貴的軍事墳場，一個二百廿六億鎊的中心綽號為“Boneyard”，已在壯觀的一系列的新高解像谷歌地球衛星影像被畫成圖。
By Andrew Hough
Published: 9:00AM GMT 23 Feb 2010
Google Earth Image of the the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group Photo: BARCROFT谷歌地球的影象：第309航空維修與再生組 照片：巴克羅夫特
The site is often called The Boneyard Photo: BARCROFT
該地點通常被稱為Boneyard 照片：巴克羅夫特
The 'Boneyard' is a 2,600-acre (4-square-mile) facility whose mission is the sustainment of U.S. and allied war planes Photo: BARCROFT
'架構'是一個 2,600英畝（4平方英里）設施，它的任務是維持美國和盟國的戰機 圖片：巴克羅夫特
Opening in 1946 the storage facility began as the final resting place for WWII B-29 bombers and C-47 cargo planes Photo: BARCROFT
開於 1946年，儲存的設施開始時作為二戰的 B - 29轟炸機和C - 47運輸機的，最後安息之地 圖片：巴克羅夫特
The desert is so dry that damage from rust is kept to a minimum Photo: BARCROFT
The 2,600 acre facility, officially known Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, is home to thousands of outdated aeroplanes and helicopters mothballed by the United States Air Force and other allied forces.
Click here to see a high-resolution image of the "The Boneyard"
點擊上面查看“架構”的高解像影像
The 60 year-old facility, the size of 1,300 football pitches and sprawled across the desert in Tucson, Arizona, houses the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) and is America's only storehouse for out-of-service aircraft.
60歲老的設施，面積為 1300個足球場和趴在亞利桑那州圖森的沙漠，門牌第309航空維修與再生集團（AMARG），也是美國唯一給停止服務飛機的倉庫。
Now for the first time, a series of stunning high resolution satellite images of the four-square-mile facility, nicknamed “the Boneyard”, have been produced by Google Earth.
Commonly used as a final resting place for thousands of decommissioned machines, the centre, originally designed in 1946, is also is used as a spare parts resource for the United States military.
Among cabins, wings and undercarriages are more than 4,200 of the western world's military aircraft, said to be worth £22.6 billion ($US35 billion) that were at one point in history the most advanced weapons of the air.
Some of the dismantled aircraft include B-52 flying fortresses, F14 Tomcats, seen in the Tom Cruise 80s blockbuster film “Top Gun”, and the A-10 Thunderbolt “tank busters”.
Resident aircraft are either stored long term, dismantled for spare parts, kept in tact for shorter stays or sold off.
Over the past 25 years more than a fifth of the aircraft have been returned to flying status, officials said.
Similar to a large-scale recycling plant, hundreds of staff sift and sort almost 20,000 pieces of junk.
Its landscape has also come to the attention of Hollywood, with several blockbuster movies including Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, shot there.
Most of the aircraft are vacuum packed in the hope they can be restored and returned to service or sold to other nations.
"309 AMARG does not own the aircraft stored here, they still belong to the delivering military services and government agencies,” said a base spokesman.
"Some of the aircraft belong to various aviation museums like the National Museum of the U S Air Force, the National Museum of Naval Aviation, the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.
"This area was selected for two reasons. The first is Tucson's dry climate minimises damage caused by corrosion. The second reason was the ground under the site consists of about six inches of dirt topsoil.”
He added: “Beneath that is a claylike sub layer called ‘caliche’. This extremely hard subsoil makes it possible to tow and park the planes in the desert without constructing new parking ramps.”
Click here to see a high-resolution image of the "The Boneyard"
點擊上面查看“架構”的高解像影像
飛機去哪裡死：220億英鎊的大規模空軍'Boneyard' 從高解像的谷歌地球顯示
Where planes go to die: Massive £22bn air force 'Boneyard' revealed in high resolution by Google Earth
By Daily Mail ReporterLast updated at 3:17 PM on 23rd February 2010
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1253068/Massive-22billion-air-force-scrap-yard-revealed-high-resolution-Google-Earth.html
谷歌地球揭秘美國亞利桑那州飛機墳場
2010年02月26日08:49
來源：新華網
“谷歌地球”首次曝光世界最大“飛機墓”的高分辨率衛星圖片，向世人清晰地展現這一壯觀圖景。
“谷歌地球”圖片顯示，Ｂ—５２型轟炸機、Ｆ—１４型戰斗機、Ａ—１０型攻擊機這些曾經的空中霸主如今像秦始皇兵馬俑一般陳列在美國西南部亞利桑那州沙漠的“墓地”中。
壯觀墓地
這處“飛機墓”位於亞利桑那州圖森市美軍戴維斯—蒙森空軍基地，佔地面積約１０．５平方公裡，相當於１４３０個足球場大小，被認為是世界最大軍用飛機“墓地”，也是美國唯一一處退役飛機安置場所。
它綽號“骨院”，自６０多年前落戶於戴維斯—蒙森空軍基地后，不斷有退役飛機“安息”在這片土地上。
如今，超過４０００架退役飛機“躺”在那裡，幾乎包攬了第二次世界大戰后美軍所有軍用飛機機型，這些在當時屬於最先進的空中武器，構成這一世界最昂貴的“墓地”。據英國媒體２３日報道，所有陳列飛機總價值在３５０億美元左右。
從“谷歌地球”的照片上可以看到上世紀９０年代退役的冷戰時期美軍主力轟炸機Ｂ—５２、２００６年從美國空軍退役的Ｆ—１４型戰斗機、Ｂ—１型轟炸機和Ａ—１０型攻擊機等。
儲存條件
據“飛機墓”工作人員介紹，之所以選擇位於圖森市戴維斯—蒙森空軍基地作為“墓址”，原因是這一地區海拔高，土地貧瘠，加上氣候干燥，飛機露天安置不會過早遭腐蝕。
基地一名沒有公開姓名的發言人說：“選擇在這裡建墓地的原因有二：一是圖森市干燥的氣候條件能將腐蝕的破壞程度降至最低﹔二是這一地帶的土壤結構有利於存放飛機，不必額外建造混凝土設施。”
大部分安置在“飛機墓”中的飛機歸美國政府和軍方所有。
“部分飛機屬於不同的航空博物館，”這名發言人說，“有些屬於美國空軍國家博物館，有些屬於海軍航空國家博物館。”
循環利用
除了安置退役飛機，“飛機墓”也是美國“３０９號航空維護和更新團”所在地，“３０９號航空維護和更新團”負責為退役飛機提供維護和保養，部分飛機經過維修改裝后能夠重新服役。
同時，這裡就像一個廢物循環利用中心，維修人員將一些並未完全老化的零部件更換至現役飛機上，不僅能重復利用，還節約了維護成本。
另外，那裡的大部分飛機被真空包裝，以更好地存放和重新利用或售給他國。
據工作人員介紹，過去２５年中，“墓地”中超過五分之一的飛機經過維護“重返藍天”。２００５年，工作人員重復利用了超過１．９萬件各種零部件，節約成本５．６８億美元。
蔚為壯觀的“飛機墓”也招致好萊塢導演們青睞，《變形金剛２：墮落者的復仇》就曾取景於此。（任元俊）
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