Davis-Monthan AFB

  1925 to present

  United States of America

CITY: Tucson, AZ

IATA/ICAO CODES: DMA / KDMA

OTHER NAMES: Davis-Monthan Landing Field (1925-1940), Tucson AAF (1940-1941), Davis-Monthan AAF (1941-1948), Davis-Monthan AFB (1948-present)

Davis-Monthan Landing Field opened in 1925 as the largest municipal airport in the United States. The USAAC established a heavy bomber base there in 1940.

The base is most famous for being the US Armed Forces' largest aircraft boneyard. Tucson, AZ was chosen in 1946 as a military aircraft storage site because of its low humidity, alkaline soil and high altitude, factors which reduce corrosion.

233^rd, 248^th, 419^th & 4105^th AAF Base Unit (Davis-Monthan AAF, later Davis-Monthan AFB)

Arizona Aircraft Storage Squadron / MASDC (Military Aircraft Storage and Disposition Center)