The two heavily modified Boeing 747s currently used interchangeably to fly the president are more than 30 years old and require extensive servicing. Mr. Trump views Air Force One as a symbol of ...

The US Air Force is moving up its timeline for scrapping a small fleet of surveillance planes used to help take fentanyl pills off the streets, telling National Guard pilots they must fly their ...

BOEING PERSONNEL WORKING ON AIR FORCE ONE PLANES HAD LAPSED SECURITY CLEARANCES In December 2016, Trump extracted a promise from Boeing's CEO at the time, Dennis Muilenburg, that the cost of ...

a US Air Force official said. The planes could be delivered by 2027 — two years earlier than previously expected, but still five years behind the original schedule. Darlene Costello, the acting ...

However, ever since the USAF chose the 747-8 to replace the current Air Force One, it's been one headache after another. So much so that Elon Musk recently visited the aerospace firm to speed up ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was not happy with planemaker Boeing BA.N and his administration might have to go a different route with Air Force One planes. The comments ...

The U.S. Air Force is buying five planes to replace the E-4B Nightwatch nuclear command post. In addition to being the Secretary of Defense’s plane, the Nightwatch is outfitted to allow the ...

The mission plans to use autonomous planes that would fly alongside manned fighter jets, effectively flanking pilots as largely automated wingmen in the sky. The Air Force is considering Beale for ...

According to the Air Force, the planes feature an executive suite with a stateroom, a bathroom with a shower, a president's office, conference and dining rooms, and a galley capable of serving up ...

Trump views Air Force One as a symbol of power and prestige, and he is infuriated that he begins his second term flying around in the same aging planes that once transported President George H.W ...