The US Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) operates some unique aircraft that perform classified missions with very special purposes. Most mission details available refer to surveillance and ...
Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon used an Air Force One plane known as SAM 970. The first jet-powered presidential aircraft featured an office and a safe for the nuclear codes.
Retired in 1996, SAM 970 now lives at the Museum of Flight in Seattle. I visited the museum in July to tour the old Air Force One and see how presidents once traveled. Take a look inside. Four US ...
The C17 Globemaster in Ezeiza airport The US State Department released a press statement detailing the content of the cargo seized by Argentine authorities in the US Air Force plane case, and said ...