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Explore the ambitious vision of turning a Boeing 747 into an airborne aircraft carrier, as conceived by the U.S. Air Force in the 1970s. This video explains the mechanics of deploying and ...
According to Boeing, the 747-8 is 16% more fuel efficient than the 747-400 on a per seat basis, although its greater seating capacity pushes its total operating costs closer to the -400. According ...
The 747-8 is an exquisite machine and is ruinously expensive. No wonder Qatar wants to give it to Donald Trump, who doesn’t seem to understand or care.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has accepted a luxury Boeing 747 aircraft from Qatar for President Donald Trump to use as Air Force One, the Pentagon said Wednesday, despite ...
The Trump administration said it had accepted a gifted Boeing 747-8 from Qatar. The jumbo jet previously served as a luxurious private business jet. The plane sports multiple bedrooms, a salon, a ...
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.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has accepted a luxury Boeing 747 aircraft from Qatar for President Donald Trump to use as Air Force One, the Pentagon said Wednesday, despite ongoing ...
It will cost hundreds of millions of dollars to retrofit a Qatari luxury Boeing 747 jetliner to fly as the new Air Force One, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said.
President Donald Trump accepted Qatar's $400 million Boeing 747 for U.S. use, sparking an emoluments clause ethics probe. The plane will serve as a temporary Air Force One.
President Donald Trump has said that Qatar is "donating" its Boeing 747 to the U.S. and not to him personally, as the fallout from the potential transaction continues. Why It Matters ...
Trump sparked ethical and legal criticism after considering whether to accept the Boeing 747-8, which will be retrofitted with state-of-the-art security and communications to serve as Air Force One.
Instead, he said, the plane would be donated to a future presidential library, similar to how the Boeing 707 used by President Reagan was decommissioned and put on display as a museum piece.