Montana Austria was founded in 1975 by Captain Hans Stöckl and started using two Boeing 707 aircraft.

One of the company's cargo aircraft was loaded with illegal weapons in Houston, Texas and was impounded by US authorities.

After the main investor Carl Press of the German freight forwarding company Deugro withdrew his financial support Montana Austria went into receivership and ceased operations.

[3] The confiscated aircraft, the Boeing 707-396C with the registration number OE-IDA, was later converted into a VC-137C and used as Air Force Two.

"This makes it the last surviving aircraft from the former Montana fleet", writes Huber in his book.