The aircraft that most often serve as Air Force One are two Boeing VC-25As, which are highly modified Boeing 747-200Bs. The United States Air Force (USAF) selected the Boeing 747-8 to replace them ...

Spirit AeroSystems is located at an Air Force base and requires specially modified Boeing 747-400s to transport its finished ...

These planes have a 30-year life span and the current set of Boeing 747-200's will reach the end of their life in 2017, according to BloombergBusiness. The first new Air Force One is expected to ...

Amid delays and budget overruns in Boeing's $3.9 billion project, President Donald Trump accepts Qatar's 747 gifted jet, which he will refit to serve as Air Force One.

The Air Force One program has faced chronic delays over the last decade, with the delivery of two new 747-8s slated for 2027, three years behind the previous schedule.

Although Trump signed off on the new Air Force One jets during his first term, there’s a strong chance he won’t get to fly on them while in office. In February 2024, Boeing pushed the delivery date ...

First delivered to the Persian Gulf state in 2012, the Boeing 747-8 that could soon serve as Air Force One is one of the most opulent private jets in the world and is much newer than the current ...

First off, the Air Force doesn't officially refer to the E-4B – another militarized version of the 747-200 – as "Doomsday" anything. It's the Night Watch or, when it's on duty, the National ...

The Department of Defense, on behalf of President Donald Trump, last month accepted, and hopes to transform into Air Force One, a Boeing luxury 747-8 worth about $400 million from Qatar.

Air Force One is a Boeing 747-200B, which has increased fuel capacity and more powerful engines than the standard 747-200. Boeing first started serving the model in 1972.

Nation World Here's what it would take to modify a Boeing 747 jet from Qatar into Air Force One Here’s a look at what it would take to make the Qatari plane into a presidential transport. Credit: AP ...