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The 707 production line remained open for purpose-built military variants until 1991, [20] with the last new-build 707 airframes built as E-3 and E-6 aircraft. [ citation needed ] Traces of the 707 are still found in the 737 , which uses a modified version of the 707's fuselage, as well as the same external nose and cockpit configurations as ...
Previously, it operated four Boeing 707s, two of which were selected for conversion. One was converted to a tanker configuration called KC-707 Águila, retired in 2006, and the other was converted to a unique AEW&C configuration called EC-707 Cóndor, operated from 1995 until its retirement in 2022. [1] [2] [3] India. Indian Air Force [4] Iran
US Military Wheeled Vehicles (3 ed.). Victory WWII. ISBN 0-970056-71-0. Doyle, David (2003). Standard catalog of U.S. Military Vehicles. Krause. ISBN 0-87349-508-X. Archived from the original on 15 January 2018; Standard Military Vehicle Data Sheets. Ordnance Tank Automotive Cmd. 1959. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014
One of the many variants of the Lockheed C-130 Hercules. Unknown 1975 7 Boeing E-3 Sentry: Airborne early warning and control: Boeing Defense, Space & Security: Developed from the Boeing 707-320. [15] EC-137D: 9 February 1972 E-3: 25 May 1976 [16] 1977 [17] 68 Boeing E-4: Airborne early warning and control: Boeing: Developed from the Boeing 747 ...
List of Boeing 707 operators; Lufthansa Cargo Flight 527; V. VC-137C SAM 26000; VC-137C SAM 27000
The C-18 is the US military designation for the conversions of the 707-320B series. C-18A Eight second-hand (former American Airlines ) 707-323Cs bought as crew trainers for the EC-18Bs, four later converted to EC-18B, two converted to EC-18D, one to C-18B; one was not taken into service and was used for spares.
Navy E-6B Mercury at the Mojave Air and Space Port. Like the E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft, the E-6 is adapted from Boeing's 707-320 airliner. Rolled out at Boeing's Renton Factory in December 1986, [2] the first E-6 made its maiden flight in February 1987, when it was flown to nearby Boeing Field in south Seattle for fitting of mission avionics.
The new variant was listed as the 707-700. [20] Due to limited interest from the airlines in a re-engined 707, Boeing ended the 707-700 program in 1980 without selling any aircraft. [ 21 ] Despite the lack of sales, having the commercial 707 available with the CFM56 helped the engine's competitiveness for the KC-135 re-engine contract.