B-17 Flying Fortress "Blood N Guts" U.S. Air Force VC-25 Air Force One airplane

VC-25 Air Force One airplane model

all operated by the 89th Airlift Wing

is made entirely of wood and flew just one time on November 2

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through the Pacific's intense Guadalcanal and Central Solomons campaigns and the Atlantic's North African operation

B-17 Flying Fortress "Blood N Guts" U.S. Air Force VC-25 Air Force One airplaneBoeing B 17 Flying Fortress model airplane. The B 17G Flying Fortress was the result of an almost continuous improvement program of earlier B 17 models. The G model was basically the production version of the B 17F after the modifications and improvements were incorporated into the design. Although the Bendix chin turret is the most obvious improvement incorporated into the B 17G, it was actually first used on late model B 17Fs. More than 8,500 Gs