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Keywords: Mothballed Lockheed P-3 Orions.jpg en 040204-N-3122S-006 Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Tucson Ariz Feb 4 2004 “ P-3 Orion patrol aircraft sit in storage at the Aerospace Maintenance And Regeneration Center AMARC located at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base AFB in Tucson Ariz Davis-Monthan AFB was selected as the site for the storage center due to Tucson ™s meager rainfall low humidity and alkaline soil These conditions make it possible to store aircraft indefinitely with a minimum of deterioration and corrosion In addition the soil called caliche is hard making it possible to park aircraft in the desert without constructing concrete or steel parking ramps AMARC is responsible for the storage and maintaining of aircraft for future redeployment parts or proper disposal following retirement by the military U S Navy photo by Photographer ™s Mate 3rd Class Shannon R Smith RELEASED http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 11987 U S Navy photo by Photographer ™s Mate 3rd Class Shannon R Smith RELEASED 2004-02-04 PD-USGov-Military-Navy Images by Alaniaris/PD uploads Lockheed P-3 Orion P-3 Orion at Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center Stored aircraft
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