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An A-10 flown by the Arkansas Air National Guard fires a Maverick missile during a training mission near Tucson in 2012.

In a wide-ranging interview about the future of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Mayor Jonathan Rothschild said that while he does not expect the base to be closed or sharply reduced in scale as the military cuts spending, "people should always be considering Plan B, even if there's not a lot of reality to it." Read more»

C-130 Hercules cargo planes sit on Celebrity Row at the 'Boneyard' at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.

At Tucson's "Boneyard," row upon row of B-52s, F-4 Phantoms, A-10 Warthogs and some of the rarest military aircraft dating back to World War II provide a panoramic vision of aviation history. But there is more to the 309th AMARG than storing mothballed aircraft . Read more»