Category: Davis Monthan AFB

Air Force Reserve / Air National Guard / Aviation History / Davis Monthan AFB / fighters / military / U.S. Air Force

July 21, 2024

Dwindling Numbers: The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II

A-10A, 78-697, 75th FS, 23 FW, London, 3 June 1995 Story by Ken Kula, photos by Don Linn, Bob Finch and Ken Kula Dwindling Numbers is our series of articles showcasing aircraft types in the U. S. inventory being...

Aviation Photography / Centennial celebration / Davis Monthan AFB / Europe / F-15 Eagle

October 14, 2023

Ken Kula’s Favorite 15

Convair QF-106As being assembled as QF-106A Full Scale Aerial Targets (FSATs) at Tucson’s Aircraft Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC). Photos by Ken Kula From time to time, most of our contributors will share a group (some more than one)...

Air Transports / Aviation History / Base Visits / Davis Monthan AFB / fighters / military / Tucson AZ

June 18, 2021

More MASDQ, AMARC, and AMARG Photos from Tucson, Arizona

Davis Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona is home to the United States military’s storage and regeneration center for warplanes. I was privileged to have the opportunity to visit the facility on multiple occasions during the 1980s, 1990s,...

AMARG / Davis Monthan AFB / museums / Pima Air and Space Museum / Transports / Tucson AZ

November 29, 2016

Pima Air and Space Museum Receives Orbis DC-10

The Pima Air & Space Museum has added the recently retired Orbis DC-10 Flying Eye Hospital to its ever-expanding world renowned collection. The Orbis DC-10, Flying Eye Hospital, arrived Monday, November 7 at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base and then...