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| 18/12/59 | - | Boeing | Rolled out at Renton |
| 22/01/60 | OO-SJC | Sabena | Registered with Belgian CoA 1290 |
| 26/01/60 | - | - | Made its first flight from Renton |
| 13/02/60 | - | - | Handed over at Seattle |
| 14/02/60 | - | - | Ferried Brussels |
| 01/04/60 | - | - | Inaugurated Brussels-Montreal service |
| 07/04/60 | - | - | Inaugurated Brussels-Moscow service |
| 31/05/60 | - | - | Inaugurated Brussels-Milan-Leopoldsville service |
| 09/07/60 | - | - | Participated Congo airlift (together with SJA, SJB, SJD and SJE: 62 flights with average of 250 pax) |
| 11/11/60 | - | - | Inaugurated Brussels-Beirut service |
| 00/00/62 | - | Air Congo | Leased several short periods till mid 1967 in Sabena colors with Air Congo titles |
| 00/00/68 | - | Nigeria Airways | Leased for Hadj flights |
| 00/00/68 | - | Sabena | Returned |
| 02/12/72 | - | - | Inaugurated Brussels-Madrid-Douala service |
| 02/04/73 | - | - | Inaugurated Brussels-Nicosia-Teheran-Singapore service |
| 00/06/73 | - | - | Noted in new colors |
| 08/11/74 | - | Sobelair | Purchased, but stayed in Sabena markings. TAT 49820 hrs |
| 08/11/74 | - | Sabena | Leased |
| 13/04/76 | - | - | Inaugurated Brussels-Athens-Damascus service |
| 06/10/77 | - | Sabena | Repurchased |
| 14/10/77 | 4X-BYT | Israel Aircraft Industries | Purchased and canx from Belgian register. TAT 56775 hrs |
| 00/00/78 | 4X-JYT | Israel Air Force | Transferred. Military code No 137 |
| 00/00/80 | 4X-BYT | Israel Aircraft Industries | Returned and converted to RC.707 ELINT (Aerial Intelligence gathering) |
| 00/06/80 | - | - | Placed in storage. TAT 56999 hrs |
| 00/00/85 | 4X-JYT | Israel Air Force | Reentered service |
| 00/12/96 | - | - | TAT 58598 hrs |
| 00/00/00 | - | - | Still in use. Oldest B707 in service. TAT 60903 hrs |
| 00/03/06 | - | - | Still in use and fitted with PW JT 3D-3B engines |
| 18/03/19 | - | - | Removed from service & stored Tel Aviv as oldest IAF tanker TAT 62000 hrs |
| 00/02/20 | - | - | Seen stored Tel Aviv |
| Following sources are acknowledged. Individual Aircraft History of the Boeing 707 (Buchair USA) The Boeing 707-720 and C-135 (Air-Britain Publication) Airliners in Belgium - BCARG special 1 Boeing 707 Intercontinental (Aviation Society of Antwerp vzw) Belgian Civil Aircraft since 1920 (MCP) Chronicle of Aviation (JLIP) Chronique de l'Aviation (JLIP) Jet Airliner Production List (TAHS) JP Airline Fleets (Buchair) Sabena 70 jaar luchtvaartpionier Magazines: Aviation Letter, Scramble, Luftfahrt Journal, Jetstream, Carnets de Vol, Onze/Notre Sabena Various text and photo material to be found on the internet.
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