In the 1940s, if you were in a hurry and needed to travel across the continental United States, the fastest option was to hop inside one of the many propeller-driven planes of that era. The ...

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 Boeing 707 stands as a monumental achievement in American aviation history, marking the advent of the Jet Age.

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 ...

America’s youngest jet-setter was seven years old when he boarded a Pan American World Airways Boeing 707 in New York, headed to Paris. It was October 26, 1958 and along with his parents and two ...

The inaugural service was commanded by chief pilot Captain ‘Torchy’ Uren and on board were four New Zealand-born cabin crew ...

EBL, the hop from Sydney to Christchurch on 10 April, 1965, was the first ever commercial flight across the Tasman with a jet ...

Four Pratt & Whitney TF33-P-5 turbofans with thrust reversers The WC-135 Constant Phoenix is a militarized version of the Boeing 707 commercial airliner which is used to verify compliance of the ...

The RC-135S is a militarized Boeing 707 civilian airliner and is equipped with a sophisticated array of optical and electronic sensors, recording media, and communications equipment, is a national ...