The new Qatari 'Flying Palace' has arrived in the United States to be reconfigured as the next US presidential transport ...

According to Paramount Business Jets, the cost of chartering a Boeing 747-400 would start at over $30,000 per hour, although ...

The U.S. Air Force is redirecting money intended for an intercontinental ballistic missile system to pay for the overhaul of ...

The release states the VC-25A has faced gaps in its capabilities and rising maintenance costs and some of its parts have become obsolete. The new VC-25B will have upgrades in electrical power, ...

Boeing has hired a former executive at defense contractor Northrop Grumman to take over its troubled Air Force One program.

Formally known as the VC-25B, the new aircraft will replace the current fleet, known as VC-25A, which the Air Force said face capability gaps, rising maintenance costs and “parts obsolescence. ...

The VC-25A serving as Air Force One is fitted with countermeasures in the event of an attack and can be refueled midair by tanker jets if it needs to be in the air for long stretches of time.

The VC-25A fleet faces capability gaps, rising maintenance costs and parts obsolescence, according to the Air Force. In its new generation of aircrafts, ...

As a result, approximately 250 VC-25A and VC-25B personnel had their access to the VC-25A and VC-25B areas temporarily suspended," an Air Force spokesperson said in a statement.

Whereas the VC-25A uses the same shade of blue on the nose of the plane and the engine housings, the new Air Force One will use a darker blue on the engines. Last but not least, ...

VC-25A. Credit: U.S. Air Force. President Donald Trump reportedly has tapped L3Harris to modify a 747-8 to augment the current VC-25A fleet and serve as an interim presidential airlift plane as ...

The VC-25A currently used by the president is due to be retired, and recommissioned under the VC-25B Presidential Aircraft Recapitalization program.