Boneyard scrap auction - Davis-Monthan

[BK]

Sorry if this has been posted already, I didn't see it.

http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/232474.php

'Boneyard' scrap to be auctioned
Metals, rubber will be sold online from D-M facility
By Aaron Mackey
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 04.02.2008

An online auction site plans to sell 27 million pounds of scrap from surplus military aircraft that have been stored at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. Government Liquidation, a Scottsdale-based private firm that contracts with the Department of Defense, plans to sell the materials during an auction at the end of the month.

The auction, billed as one of the largest of its kind, will feature scrap aluminum, steel, magnesium, titanium and rubber that came from aircraft stored at D-M's Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, commonly called the "boneyard," according to a company news release.
The aircraft including Navy A-4 Skyhawk attack jets and Air Force C-141 Starlifter cargo planes already have been stripped down and handed over to Government Liquidation, said Terry Vanden-Heuvel, a spokesman for D-M's storage yard.

D-M crews strip the aircraft of all their military components and drain any fluids or other hazardous materials, Vanden-Heuvel said.
The scrap metal is then sold by Government Liquidation, which gives most of the proceeds back to the government.

The company, which holds the exclusive contract with the Defense Department to sell military surplus and scrap metal, returns 77 percent of the net sales from the auctions, the news release said.

This type of scrap sale is common, though the company said the April sale involves the most metal it has ever auctioned for the government.
While the press release said the latest sale of scrap metal will be held to make room in the boneyard, Vanden-Heuvel said the unit, which has thousands of mothballed aircraft, isn't running out of real estate.
Besides the Skyhawk, a Vietnam-era attack jet, and the Starlifter, a jet cargo aircraft developed in the '60s, the auction also includes scrap from Navy S-3 Viking multirole attack jets, T-34 trainer planes and HH-3 Jolly Green Giant transport helicopters.
Auction info
The online auction for scrap metal from old military aircraft stored at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base is scheduled to run April 21-25.
For more info, visit: http://cgi.govliquidation.com/auction/view?auctionId=1650637
● Contact reporter Aaron Mackey at 573-4138 or at amackey@azstarnet.com.

[n5151ts]

for criminal mayhem---this should not be destroyed...it should be turned into an airplane...and given to me to fly...

[Ztex]

"DEMILITARIZATION TO BE ACCOMPLISHED BY COMPLETELY DESTROYING WITH HAMMERMILL OR SHREDDER. END RESULTS OF DEMILITARIZATION MUST BE EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN 4 BY 4 PIECES"

Dang

[pilot06]

Why on earth are there T-34's in there? Won't more value come from selling the non-tactical aircraft?

PC

[ausflyboy]

OOOOOOOOOH an F-14 as well

[P51Mstg]

On the T-34s, When I was there in November, there were a LOT (and I mean a LOT) of T-34s on the storage side, where they could be returned to service.......

Now on the recycling side there were some, as well as a few of everything you could imagine. If you would look at those planes closely, I can imagine that every possible part that could unscrewed was removed.

I read the rules for scrapping and I'm sure they are not kidding about anything. Every piece that comes off will be destoryed and there are to be no component parts removed.

It is a shame and I can say its an impressive site to be around, of course it hurts too.................

Mark H

PS: I"m sure the scrapyards in 1946 were even worse.......

[Richard W.]

Will the metals become aircraft once again, in Red China?

[Glen]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm History seems to repeat it self I seem to remember that we sold scrap metal to a country over seas back in the 30's Anybody Remembr Pearl Harbor ?

[mustangdriver]

for criminal mayhem---this should not be destroyed...it should be turned into an airplane...and given to me to fly...

Agreed.

[Lynn Allen]

Ober, here's a chance for a new start out back

Lynn

[tom d. friedman]

the metal will look like shredded lettuce, unless your in the scrap business this isn't for a warbirder.

[pilot06]

It's not too late. I'm sure someone has a contact at DM that could remove the T-34's and A-4's. Just a thought.

PC