The big aircraft boneyard scrap sale

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\'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:

cgi.govliquidation.com/auction/view?auctionId=1650637

This scrap metal has a history.

Government Liquidation LLC of Scottsdale is helping to clear space in the \"boneyard\" on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, creating the company\'s largest auction to date.

Aircraft such as C-141 Starlifters, A-4 Skyhawks, S-3 Vikings, T-34 trainers and \"Jolly Green Giant\" helicopters will be sold for their base materials in the form of 27 million pounds of scrap metal beginning April 21.

This scrap includes aircraft parts such as wings, wheels and hulls and materials such as aluminum, steel, magnesium, titanium and rubber.

Government Liquidation will return 77 percent of the net sales proceeds to the Department of Defense.

More than 4,200 decommissioned military aircraft rest in the Davis-Montham boneyard, where the military can withdraw functional aircraft, parts or equipment.

Government Liquidation is an online marketplace for the sale of surplus and scrap items on behalf of the U.S. government. For more:

www.govliquidation.com.

End-of-Life Military Planes to Be Sold as Shredded Scrap on

www.Govliquidation.com

27 Million Pounds of Ferrous and Nonferrous Metals Marks Largest Online

Scrap Auction

By Government Liquidation, LLC

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., March 26 --In its largest auction to date, Government Liquidation is helping to clear some space in the \"boneyard\" on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, AZ, the final resting spot for over 4,200 decommissioned military aircraft.

After serving their time with the United States Department of Defense (DOD), aircrafts such as C-141 Starlifters, A-4 Skyhawks, S-3 Vikings, T-34 trainers and \"Jolly Green Giant\" helicopters are being sold for their base materials in the form of 27 million pounds of ferrous and nonferrous scrap metal.

Beginning on April 21, 2008, Government Liquidation will be accepting bids on these end-of-life aircraft through its online auction marketplace, http://www.govliquidation.com.

The boneyard at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base provides a unique savings account from which U.S. military units throughout the world may withdraw functional aircraft, parts or equipment. After non-functional, end-of-life aircraft have been stripped of all components, they turn into revenue generators for the DOD as they are sold for their scrap metal content.

This 27 million pound scrap sale consists of aircraft parts such as wings, wheels and hulls and includes scrap materials such as aluminum, steel, magnesium, titanium and rubber. Through its profit sharing arrangement with the DOD, Government Liquidation will return 77% of the net sales proceeds to the government.

Government Liquidation is the innovative online marketplace for the sale of surplus and scrap on behalf of the U.S. government. This unique site enables buyers to purchase government assets ranging from outdoor gear, genuine Hummer vehicle parts, office equipment, and medical and dental equipment to musical instruments, rare items and the occasional retired ceremonial mount, from more than 206 locations across the country.

Government Liquidation earned the exclusive contract with Defense

Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for the sale of surplus and scrap assets of the DOD in 2001 and continues to move thousands of surplus items and scrap materials daily through its convenient and accessible Internet auction site.

\"In addition to scrap term contracts, Government Liquidation offers a host of other items. All other bids, no matter the item, begin at $50.00,\" explains Tom Burton, President of Government Liquidation. \"The market demand determines the final selling price.\"

For more information about the terms and conditions for term contracts and this single lot sale of 27 million pounds of scrap metal, visit http://www.govliquidation.com.

-- Auction begins April 21, 2008 12 a.m. ET and closes April 25, 2008 8 p.m. ET. Buyers may view detailed information and photos as well as

place bids at http://cgi.govliquidation.com/auction/view?auctionId=1650637.