American owned 747 airliners are part of the Civil Reserve Aircraft Fleet which is impressed  into military service when needed to supplement USAF Air Mobility Command.

  Boeing E-4B-BN serials: 73-1676, 73-1677, 74-0787, 75-0125

 1^st ACCS/55^th Wing at Offutt AFB, NE.

 2 Boeing VC-25A USAF

The Boeing VC-25A named Air Force One (only when the President is on board) is configured for long-range special air mission (SAM) transport for the President of the United States; the aircraft is shielded against EMP (electromagnetic pulse) and carries MCS (mission communications system) three operators, and provision for worldwide secure communication; normal accommodation is for up to 70 passengers and 23 crew members.

The VC-25A is the airborne equivalent of the White House’s Oval Office with:

- 85 telephones

- 19 television monitors

- 11 videocassette players

- secure voice and facsimile equipment

The VC-25A is powered by 4 General Electric F103-GE-180 turbofan engines.

The first operational mission of the VC-25A was made on September 6, 1990, taking President George Bush sr. to Topeka, Kansas, and Tallahassee, Florida. The following day, the Air Force One made its first overseas trip, taking Bush sr. to Helsinki, Finland.

 Boeing VC-25A serials: 82-8000, 92-9000

89th AW, Presidential Pilot's office, Andrews AFB, MA.

1 Boeing YAL-1A USAF

One Airborne Laser Boeing YAL-1A was built by Boeing Wichita, KS.

The high-energy laser weapon system will shoot down theater ballistic missiles while they still are over the enemy’s own territory. The Airborne Laser (ABL) weapon system will operate at altitudes above the clouds where it can acquire and track missiles in boost flight, and then accurately point and fire the laser with such energy that the missile is destroyed before it can do any harm.

The YAL-1A made its maiden flight in July 18, 2002. It was repeatedly tested – first against the fiery plumes of F-16 afterburners, then a boosting Lance missile, and finally against a staging Minuteman II missile in a test over the Pacific Ocean in December 2002 – before YAL-1A was housed in a hangar at Edwards Air Force Base in California in preparation for the installation of the lasers and optical systems.

While YAL-1A is in the hangar at Edwards, tests will be conducted independently on the ABL optical system and the six laser modules that will make up the complete COIL system. Once those systems have been proven effective they will be installed on YAL-1A in preparation for a series of rigorous chain of ground and air tests of the entire ABL configuration. These tests will include a re-examination of BMC4I against a variety of targets. Initial tests will culminate with the shoot down of a ballistic missile over the Pacific.

 A fleet of fully operational EMD systems is intended to satisfy Air Combat Command's boost-phase Theater Air Defense requirements. If all goes as planned, a fleet of seven ABLs should be flying operational missions by 2008.

Boeing YAL-1A serial: 00-0001

412th TW, 452nd FLTS Edwards AFB, CA.

Iran:

The Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force has eight Boeing 747-131F and four 747-2J9F, some of them can be used as aerial tankers, and they have the same Flying Boom under the rear fuselage.

Boeing 747-131F serials: 5-8104, 5-8108 IRIAF

EP-NHD, EP-NHP, EP-NHT, EP-NHV Iran Air

EP-SHC, EP-SHD Saha Airlines

Boeing 747-2J9F serials:  EP-SHA, EP-SHB, EP-SHH Saha Airlines

                                                                                    EP-ICC Iran Air  

Japan :

  2 Boeing 747-47C serials: 20-1101, 20-1102 Japan Air Self Defense Force

701 Hikotai, Chitose Air Base.

Boeing 747 production:

built 1364, active 952, on order 11, stored 259, scrapped 102 and written-off 40 at March 2005.

 * conversion of  747-200B

                                                                    Summary March 2005.

Research: R.Vogelaar

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