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Air Force One has about 4,000 square feet of interior floor space, according to information from Boeing and the U.S. Air Force. That includes an executive suite with quarters for both the ...
President Trump is set to receive a “flying palace” Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet from Qatar’s royal family, which he will use as Air Force One. Trump, 78, intends to use the aircraft — called ...
The Eisenhower era saw Air Force One brought into the jet age. In August 1959 Eisenhower first flew aboard VC-137A, a Boeing 707 Stratoliner nicknamed “Queenie” that had been part of the ...
Flying the presidents. Air Force One has been in the news lately after President Trump accepted a gift of a Boeing 747-8 from Qatar worth an estimated $200 million to $400 million.
The U.S. has officially accepted a luxury jetliner from Qatar as a gift, and slated it to become a new Air Force One. Experts say that overhaul could take years and cost hundreds of millions.
Air Force One has long served as a symbol of the power and prestige of the presidency. It became an indelible part of U.S. history in November 1963, ...
Now, as the U.S. government weighs whether to use a Qatari plane as Trump’s Air Force One until shortly before the end of his second term, Boeing’s delays are back in the spotlight. Here’s ...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday resisted lawmakers’ demands for transparency about the luxury airplane from Qatar that President Donald Trump wants to use as Air Force One, rebuffing ...
The Air Force can paint it with the colors that President Trump wants, but it won’t be an Air Force One.” Maggie Haberman is a White House correspondent for The Times, reporting on President ...