The Pentagon recently released a budget plan outlining planned aircraft retirements, including its schedule for divesting the two VC-25As that have... USAF Outlines VC-25A Retirement Plan is published ...

Without them, the massive jet was like a paper airplane on a gusty day—completely unresponsive to the pilots’ steering ...

A solar-powered drone has been lost at sea after a record-breaking flight lasting eight days between late April and early May ...

On August 12, 1985, after taking off from Tokyo’s Haneda Airport, JAL 123 was supposed to make a routine 54-minute flight to Osaka. A dozen minutes later, at roughly 24,000 feet, the aft pressure ...

The Qatari-donated 747-8i aircraft slated to become the interim Air Force One finished its modifications and flight testing ahead of launch by this summer. Boeing’s VC-25B Bridge aircraft is currently ...

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On the other hand, airplanes have traditionally relied on rigid wings and fixed control surfaces, using flaps, ailerons, and rudders to change direction. These separate movable parts add mechanical ...

Russia’s United Aircraft has detailed a modified flap arrangement for the Yakovlev MC-21-310 devised during the import-substitution process for the twinjet. The aircraft’s inboard and outboard flaps ...

If you thought that the US Air Force had enough planes to ensure it didn't have to venture into the used airliner market, then think again. It turns out that the USAF is buying Boeing 747s from German ...

GE Aerospace in Cincinnati is using a 747 aircraft as a flying laboratory to test jet engines under extreme conditions, pushing new designs to their limits to ensure safety and performance. “We are ...

GE Aerospace’s 747 flight test plane visited Cincinnati for the first time on Monday, giving local employees an up-close look at how it works.The flying laboratory gives engineers the capability to ...

A Boeing 747 jet used by Las Vegas Sands Corp. as a corporate jet is for sale. The company confirmed the four-engine, 60-seat 747SP, for “special performance,” has been listed for sale or lease by ...