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The Aviationist on MSN2d
Air Mobility Command C-17 Completes First Commercial Air-to-Air Refuel
On Apr. 10, 2025, a C-17 from Joint Base Lewis-McChord became the first in the U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command to take ...
I toured an Air Force One plane used by 4 US presidents. Take a look inside the 'flying Oval Office.'
Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon used an Air Force One plane known as SAM 970. The retired jet is now a ...
The National Interest on MSN8d
The E-7 Wedgetail Hasn’t Joined the Air Force Yet—and It’s Already on Its Way Out
The E-7 is considered a stop-gap measure; its missions will likely be shifted to space-based platforms in the 2030s, and the ...
The National Interest on MSN13d
America Just Can’t Get Rid of Its Ancient E-3 AWACS Planes
The E-3 Sentry is far past its sell-by date—but with the need for AWACS persisting and no alternative in sight, the Air Force ...
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I toured an Air Force One plane used by 4 US presidents. Take a look inside the 'flying Oval Office.'
Take a look inside. Four US presidents flew aboard the Air Force One plane known as SAM 970. In 1959, the customized Boeing 707-153 known as SAM 970 became the new presidential aircraft ...
Stars and Stripes23d
Yokota Wives Volunteer. ‘Would Go on Babylift Anytime’
TOKYO — Nine Red Cross registered nurses and volunteers, all of them wives of Air Force men stationed in Japan ... early Sunday aboard a Pan American 707 carrying 325 orphans ranging from ...
Best and Brightest: Bringing unique attributes to an engineering dream
Brynn Makros nearly ended her dream of becoming an engineer before it started as a result of bullying by classmates but ...
Alaska Dispatch News28d
Seattle, a city with plenty to see — and eat
Take the overpass back to other displays across the street, including the Boeing 707 Air Force One that President John F. Kennedy flew in, plus one of the Concorde SST planes, the first Boeing 747 ...