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Witnesses to history
Edit Springfield News-Sun 08 Jun 2016
They flew side by side with presidents and first ladies, kings and queens, ambassadors and vice presidents and generals, admirals and astronauts around the globe. They are witnesses to history, with stories no one else knows ... Gaskill, 85 ... Air Force ... Eisenhower to Richard M. Nixon ... Kennedy’s plane. With the tail code Special Air Mission 26000, the blue and white Boeing 707 served eight presidents, from President John F ... Flight steward John T....
U.S.: Chinese jet makes 'unsafe' intercept of Air Force plane
Edit CNN 07 Jun 2016
(CNN)A U.S. Air Force RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft flying Tuesday in international airspace over the East China Sea was intercepted in an "unsafe manner" by a Chinese J-10 fighter jet, several defense officials tell CNN. The Chinese jet was never closer than 100 feet to the U.S ... aircraft, one official said ... RELATED ... This four-engine jet, based on a Boeing 707 platform, monitors and manages battle space with its huge rotating radar dome....
Museum Builds New Hangar To Show Off Former Air Force One
Edit National Public Radio 06 Jun 2016
i. Special Air Mission 26000, which was known as Air Force One when it flew presidents from John F. Kennedy to Bill Clinton, is shown at Andrews Air Force Base in 1966 ... AP hide caption ... AP. A trusty Boeing 707 is inside a new home at the National Museum of the U.S ... i. The Boeing VC-137C SAM 26000 at the National Museum of the United States Air Force ... The Boeing VC-137C SAM 26000 at the National Museum of the United States Air Force ... i ... ....
New York-JFK on departure from Paris-Orly, a new Air France route! (Société Air France SA)
Edit Public Technologies 06 Jun 2016
Starting today, Air France is serving New York-JFK on departure from Paris-Orly with a daily flight operated by Boeing 777-200, equipped with 35 seats in Business class, 24 seats in Premium Economy and 250 seats in Economy ... In 1960, Air France served the two cities by Boeing 707 in 8 hours 15 minutes....
Museum Builds New Hanger To Show Off Former Air Force One
Edit National Public Radio 05 Jun 2016
i. Special Air Mission 26000, which was known as Air Force One when it flew presidents from John F. Kennedy to Bill Clinton, is shown at Andrews Air Force Base in 1966. The jet that carried President Kennedy's body from Dallas and President Nixon to China. Its final flight was in 1998. Associated Press hide caption. toggle caption Associated Press ... Associated Press. A trusty Boeing 707 is inside a new home at the National Museum of the U.S ... ....
Expansion gives Air Force museum visitors a chance to see iconic planes
Edit Stars and Stripes 03 Jun 2016
DAYTON, Ohio (Tribune News Service) — For years, some of the most iconic planes in American history have largely been hidden in an old hangar behind the fence at Wright-Patterson, out of view of most Air Force museum visitors ... President Richard M ... A blue and white Boeing 707 with the tail number SAM 26000, more commonly called Air Force One when one of the eight presidents was aboard, is the centerpiece of the Presidential Gallery ... ....
Vietnam War airman's death re-examined after decades of controversy
Edit Stars and Stripes 11 Apr 2016
WASHINGTON — The Air Force closed the case on Sgt. Joseph Matejov when his surveillance aircraft went down at the end of the Vietnam War. The missing airman was deemed killed in the fiery crash, and more than two decades later a group gravestone was installed at Arlington National Cemetery ... A decision could be made within weeks ... 13, 1973 ... A Feb ... DeStatte tracked down the airman on the modified Boeing 707 who had picked up the transmission....
Vietnam-era planes used against ISIS
Edit CNN 11 Mar 2016
(CNN)A pair of nearly 50-year-old planes has been brought out of retirement to fight ISIS. The Vietnam-era OV-10 Bronco turbo-propeller planes are part of an experiment to see if "light turbo-prop aircraft" are more effective in conducting counterinsurgency operations, a U.S ... Bryant Davis of U.S ... Read More ... 21 photos ... This four-engine jet, based on a Boeing 707 platform, monitors and manages battle space with its huge rotating radar dome....
Is There a Market for Supersonic Airlines? NASA Thinks So
Edit Bloomberg 03 Mar 2016
The Boeing 707, usually credited with starting it all in 1957, cruised at 600 mph with an altitude ceiling of 41,000 feet—almost identical to airplanes now in production ... None of the four largest commercial aircraft manufacturers, Airbus, Boeing Co., Embraer SA, and Bombardier Inc., has announced a supersonic model ... Boeing briefly pitched customers on a faster aircraft in 2001, which it dubbed the Sonic Cruiser....
Can supersonics take to the skies again? Nasa thinks so
Edit Khaleej Times 02 Mar 2016
The Boeing 707, usually credited with starting it all in 1957, cruised at 600mph with an altitude ceiling of 41,000 feet - almost identical to airplanes now in production ... But now, almost 60 years after the 707's maiden flight, Nasa and others believe airframe design has advanced to a point where the traditional sonic boom can be mitigated into something akin to a sonic soft thump, or "heartbeat," as a Nasa news release puts it....
New Air Force F-35 Lightning II fighter jets drop first bombs
Edit CNN 01 Mar 2016
(CNN)For the first time, Air Force F-35A Joint Strike Fighters have dropped bombs during training, the Air Force announced, marking a key milestone in the path toward combat readiness. Airmen from the 388th and 419th fighter wings dropped the laser-guided bombs at Hill Air Force Base in Utah last week ... Col ... 1 of 21 ... This four-engine jet, based on a Boeing 707 platform, monitors and manages battle space with its huge rotating radar dome ... ....
Who really invented stealth technology?
Edit CNN 01 Mar 2016
(CNN)Decades after the U.S. Air Force unveiled one if its first stealth combat planes, the B-2 bomber, lawyers are still arguing over the origins and legal ownership of the technology that allows pilots to fly virtually undetected by enemy radar ... government by determining that Zoltek's patent was invalid. 21 photos ... This four-engine jet, based on a Boeing 707 platform, monitors and manages battle space with its huge rotating radar dome ... ....
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