The Davis-Monthan Air Force Base of Tucson, Arizona is home to a graveyard, so to speak, of airplanes, the largest in the world in terms of number of planes. The graveyard is run by the 309 Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group. Retired planes are sent here to be scraped for parts or stored indefinitely, the desert climate being ideal for airplane storage. The arid weather allows the planes to be stored for long periods while sustaining minimal structural damage, thus allowing them to be utilized at a later point should they be sold or needed for parts. The graveyard currently hosts more than 4,000 aircraft.
As a side note, the graveyard can be explored in decent resolution via Google Earth (Location: Davis-Monthan AFB).
http://www.dm.af.mil/units/amarc.asp
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