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VC-137C Air Force One arriving at Bermuda 1990
Boeing VC-137C.

The Boeing C-137 Stratoliner is a military variant of the Boeing 707 airliner. It is used by the US Air Force for air support, and for transport of the President of the United States and U.S. Federal Government. In this case it is known as Boeing VC-137.


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  • DF-SC-86-12927

    An EC-18B Advanced Range Instrumentation Aircraft (ARIA) takes off on its first flight at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, following its conversion from a Boeing 707-320.

  • DF-ST-82-06709

    Spectators watch one of two C-137B Stratoliner aircraft returning freed hostages after their release from Iran in 1981

  • DM-ST-88-06835

    VC-137C SAM 27000 (Air Force One) at Venice Marco Polo Airport, Italy in 1987

  • Boeing 707 refuelling MB-339

    An Italian Air Force Boeing 707T/T refuels two MB-339 in a demonstration

  • Hooking up for simulated refuelling with a NATO Boeing707-TCA in September 1996

    Hooking up for simulated refuelling with a NATO Boeing707-TCA from a HI ANG KC-135R during a refuelling training mission from Geilenkirchen AB in September 1996

  • Pima Air ^ Space Museum - Tucson, AZ - Flickr - hyku

    58-6971 on display

  • SAM 27000 at Reagan Library

    SAM 27000 on display at the Reagan Library

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