Rows upon rows of once-majestic aircraft are lined up in the baking heat of Arizona's Tucson desert, left abandoned to the elements in piles of rusting metal. Pictured here are B-52s
According to the Dailymail The Boneyard contains everything from enormous cargo lifters to bombers, A10 Thunderbolts, Hercules freighters and the F-14 Tomcat fighters.
The planes go on and on, in rows with some appearing newly parked, while others are hidden in protective coverings to keep out the elements.
The base, home to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (309 AMARG), carries out repairs to the craft and even gets some of them flying again.
The site has been a curiosity for eagle-eyed Google Earth users since the satellite imagery software was launched in 2005, but now for the first time it is available to view in high resolution.
The $35billion (£22billion) worth of outdated planes is kept as spare parts for current models at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona.
Some planes are merely stored at the base between deployments, but for more than 80 per cent of the 4,200 aircraft that call it home, it is a cemetery of steel - 350,000 items to be called on when needed.
Engines, munitions, wiring and electronics are all recycled to help lower the cost of maintaining the current-day fleet. In 2005, staff at the facility recycled more than 19,000 parts worth $568million (£366million).
The U.S. government even allows the military in other countries to buy parts and even planes from the site.
The facility is the size of 1,300 football pitches.
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