When the military or commercial airlines find themselves with surplus aircraft (such as during the pandemic), they're sent to boneyards, where they are scrapped or stored for possible future use or sale. A high percentage of these aircraft are scrapped because newer aircraft designs are more efficient, thus reducing operating costs to a point where it's more economical to buy new planes than to bring older aircraft out of storage.
This map shows the locations of these boneyards worldwide. The largest of these for military aircraft is the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. The largest for commercial aircraft is Southern California Logistics Airport at Victorville, California.
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