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European NATO countries scrap plan to buy Boeing E-7 Wedgetail AWACS

The United States withdrew from the AWACS replacement program in July, removing the strategic and financial base of the ...

A look at Reagan’s jet, the last Boeing 707 to serve as Air Force One

Before the gleaming 747s that now ferry U.S. presidents across oceans, there was a smaller, sleeker jet that carried the ...
BBC

Boeing 707: The aircraft that changed the way we fly

The Boeing 707 revolutionised air travel and kicked the jet age into top gear. Commercial flight today owes it everything, Jonathan Glancey writes. Whenever Frank Sinatra sang “Come fly with me, let’s ...
Space.com

Boeing Marks 50th Anniversary of 707's First Flight

Boeingcelebrated the 50th anniversary of the first flight of the 707 jetliner onThursday, Dec. 20. The 707 isnot to be confused with the earlier Model 367-80, the "Dash 80" thatBoeing intended as a ...
Jalopnik

In 1955, The First Boeing 707 Did A Barrel Roll Over Lake Washington

On August 7th, 1955, hydroplanes blasted through the waters of Lake Washington for the annual Seafair Cup races. Thousands of fans from across the Evergreen State gathered to watch, including a ...
Ars Technica

Touch of gray: The Air Force can’t retire the Boeing 707

The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress may have a lock on the title for oldest active-duty US military aircraft. But it only has two years on the Air Force’s other senior citizen, an aircraft that will likely ...