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- AncientPelican
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Military/Commercial Aircraft
I was wondering how many Boeing commercial airframes were built as military/government aircraft. I'll limit my question to current Boeing jetliners serving in the U.S..
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201 total for the United States Air Force and United States Navy per Boeing's delivery chart.
These include 707s, 737s, 747s, 757s, DC-9s and DC-10s.
These include 707s, 737s, 747s, 757s, DC-9s and DC-10s.
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- kc135topboom
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RE: Military/Commercial Aircraft
Stitch, are you also counting the one B-767-400ER originally ordered as the E-10A prototype? That airplane was built and flown to storage last year. Now, I believe it is being converted into a BBJ for someone.
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| Quoting KC135TopBoom (Reply 2): Stitch, are you also counting the one B-767-400ER originally ordered as the E-10A prototype? |
No, because I only counted deliveries, not orders, and that plane was never delivered to the USAF.
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Didn't the government have some JetStars at some point?
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| Quoting Jwenting (Reply 6): Didn't the government have some JetStars at some point? |
Likely but they are not going to appear in the Boeing delivery lists are they?
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| Quoting Jwenting (Reply 6): Didn't the government have some JetStars at some point? |
If you are referring to the Lockheed JetStar, the OP asked about Boeing aircraft. The same would apply to the Gulfstreams and Lears.
If you are referring to the E-8 Joint STARS 707, those were ex-commercial birds bought by NG and then refurbished and converted, so they would not count, either.
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- kc135topboom
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RE: Military/Commercial Aircraft
| Quoting Stitch (Reply 5): Quoting KC135TopBoom (Reply 2): Stitch, are you also counting the one B-767-400ER originally ordered as the E-10A prototype? No, because I only counted deliveries, not orders, and that plane was never delivered to the USAF. |
| Quoting Stitch (Reply 8): the E-8 Joint STARS 707, those were ex-commercial birds bought by NG and then refurbished and converted, so they would not count, either. |
Thanks, Stitch.
But, wasn't one or two of the E-8Cs former CC-137 (B-707-320B) RCAF tanker/transports? Would they count, since the CC-137s were built new for the RCAF?
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| Quoting KC135TopBoom (Reply 9): But, wasn't one or two of the E-8Cs former CC-137 (B-707-320B) RCAF tanker/transports? Would they count, since the CC-137s were built new for the RCAF? |
I'd argue "no" because they were delivered new to a customer other than the USAF/USN, even if that customer was also a military service.
But true, you could parse the answer many different ways.
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