The Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) is an aircraft storage and maintenance facility at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona. It is currently responsible for more than 4,400 aircraft, including 700 F-4s. A recent estimate put the sum of the original purchase prices of these aircraft at $27 billion. An Air Force Material Command unit, AMARC was originally meant solely for the storage of excess Department of Defense and Coast Guard aircraft. In recent years, however, the facility has been designated as the sole respository of out-of-service aircraft from all branches of the United States government. AMARC is frequently referred to as The Boneyard. There are currently 17 RF-4B's in storage at (AMARC) Visit AMARC's website for more details. Trivial Facts The Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) is an aircraft storage and maintenance facility at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona. It is currently responsible for more than 4,400 aircraft, including 700 F-4s. A recent estimate put the sum of the original purchase prices of these aircraft at $27 billion. An Air Force Material Command unit, AMARC was originally meant solely for the storage of excess Department of Defense and Coast Guard aircraft. In recent years, however, the facility has been designated as the sole respository of out-of-service aircraft from all branches of the United States government. AMARC is frequently referred to as The Boneyard. Follow-Up -Amos Palmer- In Trivial Facts, reference was made about 157346 being sent to Cherry Point to be made into a drone. I worked at NADEP Cherry Point when F-4's were being converted and worked on some parts of the conversions. It's my understanding RF4B weren't converted because they were too long. Don't know if this was overall length or the autopilot location as compared to a 'regular' F-4. Basically in a drone conversion the autopilot was removed, flight control info received by a datalink system was routed out to the flight controls. There were 3 additional circuits, one each for the brakes, landing gear (up/down) and tail hook, these functions aren't normally handled by the autopilot, also the is a forward TV camera. An F-4 pilot flew the drone from a Target Control Center (TCC), actually an old much modified F-4 cockpit. A TV monitor sat where the forward windscreen had been, the TV system was used for takeoff and landing, the drones were seldom shot down, much too valuable. On a typical flight, a taxi pilot taxied the drone out to the runway and lined it up for takeoff. The taxi pilot would notify TCC, flip a switch which turn command over to TCC, get out, close the canopy and push the steps back up into the plane and when clearance was received from the tower, the TTC pilot would take the drone off and fly it to wherever the tests were to be done. The F-4 drone came about because of the need for a supersonic target. The rockets and other ordnances that were being tested on these high speed targets were normally inert, individual items were painted different colors, the drones were brought back and inspected. Dents with paint markings indicated which rocket motor or guidance worked most efective. Recommended Screen Resolution 1024 x 768 Enable pop-ups to fully enjoy this site. This website is not affiliated with the U.S. Government or the United States Marine Corps in any way. This website is a copyright and the property of the Phabulous Phantom Productions and the information and photos gathered for this website are intended for the purpose of providing un-official information and entertainment for those interested in the history of Marine Corps RF-4B Squadrons and the RF-4B Phantom II aircraft.