Alaska Airlines just got a new paint job, and it's drawing rave reviews. The airline company announced on Tuesday that -- as ...

The vertical tail section for the first A380 for Qatar Airways has been painted with the airline’s trademark oryx logo at Airbus facilities in Hamburg. The painting was completed earlier this ...

An airplane with a damaged tail section is seen on the tarmac after a collision at the Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, Sept. 10, 2024, in Atlanta.

Hamm said, "They were able to get him out of the airplane and the airplane burnt down to a hulk. You couldn't even recognize it as an airplane anymore, other than the wing and tail section." ...

The tail section is critical to flight because it provides stability and helps the pilots steer the plane. There are hundreds of KC-135s, RC-135s and WC-135s in the Air Force fleet.