The VIP-configured B747-8, which will be converted into Air Force One, was photographed departing Alliance Fort Worth en ...

The transfer of the jet from Qatar to the Trump administration sparked a political firestorm in the spring among Democrats ...

Trump says he could fly on Qatar's Boeing 747 converted for presidential use by February, while the Air Force estimates ...

Speaking with reporters on Tuesday, President Donald Trump said he could start flying on the aircraft in February. The ...

A watchdog group asked the Pentagon inspector general to probe whether the Defense Dept. broke laws by accepting a $400 ...

A group of six Democratic lawmakers is demanding more details from the Air Force as to how the service is siphoning funding ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and his Qatari counterpart have signed an agreement outlining the terms of Qatar’s ...

To hide the cost of renovating the plane Qatar donated to President Trump, the Air Force appears to have tucked it inside an ...

Boeing has been serving Presidents since the days of Roosevelt, and that's still true to this day, with a duo of Boeing 747-200 models currently fulfilling the role of Air Force One.

Meanwhile, Boeing’s official Air Force One replacement, the VC‑25B, is based on the same 747‑8 platform. It was awarded in 2018 under a $3.9 billion deal, and was aimed for a 2024 delivery.

The Air Force on May 21, following the Pentagon's premature announcement of the acceptance of the Qatar plane, said it was preparing to award a contract to convert the 747-8 into an Air Force One.

These planes have a 30-year life span and the current set of Boeing 747-200's will reach the end of their life in 2017, according to BloombergBusiness. The first new Air Force One is expected to ...