List of Boeing 707 operators

Last updated August 29, 2025

Current military/government operators

Chile

Chilean Air Force
- 10th Aviation Group operates two 707-based E-3 Sentry AWACS, with a third in reserve for spare parts.
- Previously, it operated four Boeing 707s, two of which were selected for conversion. One was converted to a tanker configuration called KC-707 Águila, retired in 2006, and the other was converted to a unique AEW&C configuration called EC-707 Cóndor, operated from 1995 until its retirement in 2022.^[1]^[2]^[3]

India

Indian Air Force ^[4]

Iran

Iranian Air Force ^[5]

Israel

Israeli Air Force ^[5]

United States

United States Air Force (Operates 707-based E-3 AWACS)^[6]
United States Navy (Operates 707-based E-6 TACAMO)^[6]

Venezuela

Venezuelan Air Force ^[7]

Former military/government operators

Angola

National Air Force of Angola ^[8]

Argentina

Argentine Air Force / LADE

Australia

Royal Australian Air Force
- No. 33 Squadron RAAF
- No. 37 Squadron RAAF

Benin

Benin Air Force

Canada

Royal Canadian Air Force

Colombia

Colombian Air Force operated one aircraft in a tanker configuration^[9]

Egypt

Egyptian Air Force operated three ex-Egypt Air Boeing 707-366Cs^[10]

Germany

West German Air Force/German Air Force

Indonesia

Indonesian Air Force

Italy

Italian Air Force operated 4 aircraft from 1991 to 2005^[11]

Mali

Malian Air Force ^[12]

Morocco

Moroccan Air Force operated two aircraft, including one converted to a tanker configuration^[13]

Nepal

Nepalese Army

NATO
Pakistan

Pakistan Air Force

Paraguay

Paraguayan Air Force ^[14]

Peru

Peruvian Air Force operated one aircraft in a tanker configuration^[15]

Philippines

Philippine Air Force

Portugal

Portuguese Air Force

Romania

Romanian Government (Romavia)

Saudi Arabia

Royal Saudi Air Force
Saudi Arabian Royal Flight

South Africa

South African Air Force

Spain

Spanish Air Force operated four Boeing 707s — two tankers, one cargo aircraft and one configured for electronic warfare. The final one was retired on 3 October 2016^[16]

Current commercial/other operators

United States
- Omega Aerial Refueling Services

Former commercial/other operators

Europe

Oceania

References

Citations

↑ 75 Aniversario de la creación del Grupo de Aviación N°10 de la FACH (in Spanish), 2020-12-29
↑ EB-707 Cóndor, 25 años multiplicando la fuerza de la FACh (in Spanish), 2020-05-04
↑ FUERZA AÉREA DE CHILE RECIBIÓ AERONAVES BOEING E-3D SENTRY Y RECUPERA CAPACIDADES DE ALERTA TEMPRANA, 2022-08-19
↑ Hoyle Flight International 2021 , p. 20
1 2 Hoyle Flight International 2021 , p. 21
1 2 Hoyle Flight International 2021 , p. 33
↑ Hoyle Flight International 2021 , p. 34
↑ Cooper et al. 2011 , p. 217
↑ Chenel, Liébert & Moreau 2014 , p. 273
↑ "Airscene: Military Affairs: Egypt". Air International . Vol. 44, no. 1. January 1993. p. 3. ISSN 0306-5634.
↑ "Italian Air Force Aircraft Types". www.aeroflight.co.uk.
↑ Cooper et al. 2011 , p. 227
↑ Cooper, Tom; Grandolini, Albert; Fontanellaz, Adrien (2019). Showdown in Western Sahara, Volume 2: Air Warfare Over the Last African Colony, 1975-1991. Warwick, UK: Helion & Company Publishing. p. 61. ISBN 978-1-912866-29-8.
↑ "Former presidential plane to become aviation museum in Paraguay". www.efe.com.
↑ Chenel, Liébert & Moreau 2014 , pp. 168, 173
↑ Yáñez, Roberto (November 2016). "Europe's Last Military Boeing 707 Retires". Air International . Vol. 91, no. 5. p. 11. ISSN 0306-5634.
1 2 Cooper et al. 2011 , p. 244
↑ Cooper et al. 2011 , p. 245
↑ https://www.airhistory.net/photo/685200/N709PC
↑ https://www.airliners.net/photo/Southeast-Airlines/Boeing-707-321/5450365/L
↑ "Bayu Air Indonesia - Fleet - PlaneLogger". planelogger.com. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
↑ "Pesawat Boeing 707 Itu Laik Terbang". tempo.co (in Indonesian). 2 December 2003. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
↑ Hagby, Kay (1998). Fra Nielsen & Winther til Boeing 747 (in Norwegian). Drammen: Hagby. p. 303.

Bibliography

Chenel, Bernard; Liébert, Michel; Moreau, Eric (2014). Mirage III/5/50 en service à l'étranger. Le Vigen, France: Editions LELA Presse. ISBN 978-2-914017-76-3.
Cooper, Tom; Weinert, Peter; Hinz, Fabian; Lepko, Mark (2011). African MiGs, Volume 2: Madagascar to Zimbabwe. Houston: Harpia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9825539-8-5.
Hoyle, Craig (2021). "World Air Forces 2022". Flight International. Retrieved 12 December 2021.

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[1] 75 Aniversario de la creación del Grupo de Aviación N°10 de la FACH (in Spanish), 2020-12-29

[2] EB-707 Cóndor, 25 años multiplicando la fuerza de la FACh (in Spanish), 2020-05-04

[3] FUERZA AÉREA DE CHILE RECIBIÓ AERONAVES BOEING E-3D SENTRY Y RECUPERA CAPACIDADES DE ALERTA TEMPRANA, 2022-08-19

[4] Hoyle Flight International 2021 , p. 20

[WAF22_p21-5] 1 2 Hoyle Flight International 2021 , p. 21

[WAF22_p33-6] 1 2 Hoyle Flight International 2021 , p. 33

[7] Hoyle Flight International 2021 , p. 34

[8] Cooper et al. 2011 , p. 217

[9] Chenel, Liébert & Moreau 2014 , p. 273

[10] "Airscene: Military Affairs: Egypt". Air International . Vol. 44, no. 1. January 1993. p. 3. ISSN 0306-5634.

[11] "Italian Air Force Aircraft Types". www.aeroflight.co.uk.

[12] Cooper et al. 2011 , p. 227

[13] Cooper, Tom; Grandolini, Albert; Fontanellaz, Adrien (2019). Showdown in Western Sahara, Volume 2: Air Warfare Over the Last African Colony, 1975-1991. Warwick, UK: Helion & Company Publishing. p. 61. ISBN 978-1-912866-29-8.

[14] "Former presidential plane to become aviation museum in Paraguay". www.efe.com.

[15] Chenel, Liébert & Moreau 2014 , pp. 168, 173

[16] Yáñez, Roberto (November 2016). "Europe's Last Military Boeing 707 Retires". Air International . Vol. 91, no. 5. p. 11. ISSN 0306-5634.

[african_migs_p244-17] 1 2 Cooper et al. 2011 , p. 244

[18] Cooper et al. 2011 , p. 245

[19] ttps://www.airhistory.net/photo/685200/N709PC

[20] ttps://www.airliners.net/photo/Southeast-Airlines/Boeing-707-321/5450365/L

[21] "Bayu Air Indonesia - Fleet - PlaneLogger". planelogger.com. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2021.

[22] "Pesawat Boeing 707 Itu Laik Terbang". tempo.co (in Indonesian). 2 December 2003. Retrieved 24 March 2021.

[23] Hagby, Kay (1998). Fra Nielsen & Winther til Boeing 747 (in Norwegian). Drammen: Hagby. p. 303.

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v t e Boeing 707 family
Model numbers	367-80 707 717 ¹ 720
Military designations	C-18 C-135 EC-135 KC-135 NC-135 OC-135 RC-135 WC-135 C-137 CC-137 EC-137 KC-137 E-3 E-6 E-7 E-8 T-49
Notable aircraft	57-1419 Caesar's Chariot SAM 26000 SAM 27000 The Starship
Topics	Accidents and incidents In fiction Operators
¹ Not to be confused with the unrelated Boeing 717-200

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