The 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group christened a new $25 million high-bay maintenance hangar at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., on Monday. The new hangar “provides a world class facility for a proud team of professional airmen so they can continue their mission … providing high quality aircraft and parts to the war fighter,” Ogden Air Logistics Complex Commander Brig. Gen. Steven Bleymaier said at the Dec. 7 ceremony. The 76,746 square-foot facility is capable of housing all but the largest aircraft in the Air Force fleet, and is built to high energy efficiency standards, according to a release. It incorporates full maintenance facilities and an administrative block, as well as visitor accommodations and an observation deck. The 309th AMARG oversees the Defense Department’s aircraft “boneyard” at Davis-Monthan, and will use the hangar for parts reclamation, aircraft sustainment, inspections, and routine maintenance.
The U.S. military is maintaining a beefed-up presence in the Middle East, including fighters and air defense assets, following the U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities June 22 and subsequent retaliation by the Iranians against Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.
