But Courtney, pointing to the expenses to build out two Air Force One aircraft as part of a $3.9 billion contract in 2018, contended that “it’s clear that this new third plane is going to cost ...

“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.

The AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon, or ARRW, is one of two hypersonic concepts the Air Force is developing now, service head Gen. David Allvin told lawmakers Thursday.

A Whiteman Inn accounting technician takes a phone call from a customer calling about lodging at the Whiteman Inn, on Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., June 1, 2023.

The US Air Force has been tasked with modifying a jet gifted to President Donald Trump by Qatar. Critics have flagged cost and ethical concerns over accepting the plane.

The Air Force will “look over all of those issues,” Meink told Duckworth, and the service is “postured” to make the necessary modifications, said Air Force Chief Gen. David Allvin.

But it also famously flew him from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland to his home state, California, after he resigned from office. On that day, the plane took off as Air Force One.

The Air Force expects to have an F-47 operational capability between 2025 and 2029. As far as fighter jet procurement programs go, this is an extremely fast pace, and it could very well mean an ...

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.

The Air Force plans for its sixth-generation F-47 fighter to be able to fly significantly farther than previous jets. In a graphic posted Tuesday on X, formerly known as Twitter, Air Force Chief ...

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Boeing could deliver the new Air Force One jets by 2027, an Air Force official said. That would allow Donald Trump to use them while he is president.