U.S. airmen assigned to Travis Air Force Base, Calif., transition into the U.S. Space Force during a ceremony at the 621st Contingency Response Wing on Feb. 12, 2021. (Nicholas Pilch/U.S. Air ...

On this day, 106 years ago, eleven biplanes took off from the Italian North East for a 1200 km round trip to reach the capital of the Austro-Hungarian empire, Wien, and drop propaganda leaflets ...

President Donald Trump really wants to fly on an upgraded Air Force One — but making that happen could depend on whether he’s willing to cut corners with security.. As government lawyers ...

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The contract for the new Air Force One was initially awarded to Boeing in 2018, when it received a $3.9 billion contract to build two new 747-8 aircraft for use as Air Force One that were to be ...

In early 2024, Maryland's Warfield Air National Guard Base at Martin State Airport announced it would be transitioning the 175th Fighter Wing, which had 21 A-10s, to a cyber unit. In February, the ...

“Air Force One costs over $2 billion a piece so there’s almost a factor of 10 difference in the cost of just the airplane and what it takes to make it into an Air Force One,” the person said.

Retired U.S. Air Force Gen. Mark Kelly, guest speaker and former commander of Air Combat Command, accepts a gift from 4th Fighter Wing leadership during Seymour Johnson Air Force Base’s Ball at ...

Pricey ticket. According to Kenneth Walsh, author of “Air Force One: A History of Presidents and Their Planes,” the cost to operate presidential aircraft in the 1950s was roughly $348 per hour.