Orders were placed for three prototype aircraft, one by the Navy, two by the Air Force ... and was 51 ft 6 in long, longer than the F-84F's length of 43 ft 4.75 in on account of the huge propeller ...

Four US presidents flew aboard the Air Force One plane known as SAM 970. In 1959, the customized Boeing 707-153 known as SAM 970 became the new presidential aircraft, replacing the propeller ...

the Air Force said. Its name is a nod to the A-1 Skyraider, a propeller-driven attack aircraft that saw heavy use in the Korean and Vietnam wars before its retirement in 1973. “Skyraider II ...