© Dan Durda

In April 1946 the 4105th Army Air Force Unit was established at Davis-Monthan Air Force base, Tucson, Arizona. The primary responsibility was to provide a storage location for the large number of aircraft no longer required by the Army Air Force following the end of the Second World War.

In February 1965, the centre was renamed the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposition Center (MASDC). It widened its role to being the storage facility for surplus aircraft from all US armed services.

The mid 1960s also saw an escalation of the Vietnam conflict, and the center was again tasked with providing aircraft and parts. As this conflict started winding down, vast quantities of aircraft were once more funneled into MASDC for storage and reclamation.

from: http://www.amarcexperience.com