Welcome to the boneyard, where US Air Force birds go to die

Andrew Lee via U.S. Air Force Air Force boneyards appeal to the child in us. The rows of rusted out planes look like old, forgotten toys, which a child could reach out and grab and lift into the air again. The feeling is even stronger for airmen. In an excellent article in Airman Magazine, Air Force Tech. Sgt. Matthew Bates describes retired Col. Bill Hosmer admiring a derelict F-86 Sabre: To retired Col. Bill Hosmer, it’s still beautiful. He walks around the old fighter and stares in admirati...