Before the gleaming 747s that now ferry U.S. presidents across oceans, there was a smaller, sleeker jet that carried the weight of the free world. The last Boeing 707 to serve as a primary Air Force ...
While the U.S. President today typically flies in one of two modified Boeing 747-200s, these aircraft are not the only Air Force Ones. In fact, it's a call sign that refers to any Air Force aircraft ...
President Donald Trump has his sights on a new version of Air Force One as delays and cost overruns continue to plague Boeing’s long-awaited presidential aircraft replacements. The most recent data ...
Although Qatar’s Boeing 747 gift to the United States was nominally free, the plane must be refitted to serve as the presidential aircraft—a process that could cost nearly $1 billion. The United ...
The next generation of Air Force One, already years behind schedule, is now not expected to carry a president until the middle of 2028, extending a saga of delays for one of the United States’ most ...
The next generation of presidential aircraft is slipping further into the future, as Boeing’s schedule problems push the Air Force One replacement into the second half of this decade. The delay ...
As the iconic Boeing 747 is on its final flight path to obsolescence, there are only a few airlines still flying them. Yet oddly enough, a handful of old 747s remain some of the most important ...
The Defense Department is asking Congress for permission to redirect $5.4 billion in previously approved money to other programs—including an effort to speed up the delivery of two Air Force One ...