First VC-25B Enters Structural Modification Phase

VC-25B presidential transport rendering
Credit: Boeing
Boeing has begun structural modifications on the first 747-8 acquired by the U.S. Air Force to become a VC-25B presidential transport, the service said March 11. The first change to the aircraft removes the skin and structural material in lower lobes of the forward and aft fuselage, the Air Force...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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