Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon used an Air Force One plane known as SAM 970. The retired jet is now a ...

Passengers love Boeing 747s and Airbus A380s, AKA the world’s biggest commercial jets, but they’re slowly being phased out.

An airplane boneyard is a graveyard for aircraft. It is a huge area of land where planes that are retired or out of service are stored for the final dismantling and recycling process. Boneyards ...

As a result, the ongoing maintenance costs of an aircraft are also a primary determinant of when it will retire. Just like the car you drive every day, as an aircraft ages and more parts need to be ...

The jets will be sent to the "aircraft boneyard" at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tuscon, Arizona, where hundreds of retired aircraft are sent for final maintenance procedures and display ...

The aviation industry, while a cornerstone of global connectivity and economic activity, is facing increasing scrutiny over its environmental footprint—not just from fuel emissions, but also from the ...