Summary: Korean Air has sold five Boeing 747-8 aircraft to Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC), a defense contractor, to be converted into the U.S. Air Force’s next Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC) ...

CUTLINES Employees work on the wing of a Boeing 747-8 airplane at Boeing's manufacturing plant where 747, 777, and 787 Dreamliner planes are assembled in Everett, Wash. Boeing Co. said it may get a ...

Clarification: The Reuters report cited in this story reported that the planes will be sold to SNC on Sept. 2025. SNC confirmed with the Reno Gazette Journal on Thursday that it expects to receive its ...

Once a commercial jet reaches the end of its life, it might be stripped down for parts, turned into an enormous firefighting plane or, if it's been owned by an iconic rock band, it could be chopped ...

In the early 1970s, the U.S. Air Force, one of the largest air forces in the world, tasked Boeing with exploring an idea that sounded like pure science fiction: turning its brand-new 747 jumbo jet ...

It was a big day for a really big plane at the Boeing Co. plant in Everett as the company unveiled its latest passenger version of the 747 - and it could possibly be the last. With the build-up of a ...