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\"The<\/a>So what does the US military do when it’s got too many, or obsolete, aircraft?<\/p>\n

It sends them to the Boneyard<\/a>, a huge facility in the Arizona desert, where, preserved by the dry climate and various mothballing procedures, they can be later cut up for scrap, used for training purposes (either refurbed for drones or used for counter-terrorism exercises), or resold to other governments.<\/p>\n

In addition to the article, someone’s found the satellite pictures <\/a>of the facility, which resembles a strange, Escher-esque landscape. Cool.<\/p>\n

(via BoingBoing<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So what does the US military do when it’s got too many, or obsolete, aircraft? 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