Marines Salvage Aircraft Parts from ‘Boneyard’

The Marine Corps must resort to relying upon retired aircraft for spare parts and flyable aircraft. CNN reported July 14 that the service had to return 23 retired F/A-18 Hornets to service in order to overcome a shortage of operational aircraft. The planes were stored outside at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center in Arizona – familiarly known as the “boneyard.”