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There have been, at one time or another, about five Connies in flying condition since 2000 or so. The problem is that there's a well-known center wing spar corrosion problem and you basically have to take the wing apart to fix it. Big money, and these airplanes are expensive to fly in any...

Interestingly, my parents and my kid just visited NMUSAF earlier this month. Mom commented that the one display she was not thrilled with was the presidential airplanes display on WPAFB. That said, they have Columbine III, which is very closely related to this acft preserved indoors. There is...