Pictures: Iron Maiden’s new Ed Force One

British metal band, Iron Maiden have unveiled their new tour aircraft. Like it’s predecessors this plane also bears the name Ed Force One. The new airplane is TF-AAK a 13 year old Boeing 747-400 belonging to Air Atlanta Icelandic. The 747 has been painted in a special livery for the band’s ‘The Book of Souls’ world tour. The tail is painted with the face of Eddie – the band’s mascot and behind the nose there is a list of all the cities on the tour.

Iron Maiden was previously using Boeing 757-200’s from Astraeus Airlines which had been specially converted into a combi setup to ferry both the band and their equipment. The immediate predecessor to the new airplane was G-STRX and before that was G-OJIB.

#EdForceOne pics by @mcmurtrie ! https://t.co/U6URBatowG pic.twitter.com/9hZgDqMPIX

— Iron Maiden (@IronMaiden) February 18, 2016

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— Iron Maiden (@IronMaiden) February 17, 2016

#EdForceOne is here! pic.twitter.com/WTnlTRTVlA

— Iron Maiden (@IronMaiden) February 17, 2016

Just look at #EdForceOne in the early morning sunshine, how amazing! @IronMaiden World Tour takes off tomorrow! pic.twitter.com/y2MMZitJRs

— Cardiff Airport (@Cardiff_Airport) February 18, 2016

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— Iron Maiden (@IronMaiden) February 18, 2016