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Boeing’s new Air Force One program continues to face several hurdles, with the company currently struggling to hire and retain qualified mechanics. The long-delayed Boeing 747 VC-25B program has ...
To hide the cost of renovating the plane Qatar donated to President Trump, the Air Force appears to have tucked it inside an over-budget, behind-schedule nuclear modernization program.
Preparations to refit the Qatari jet that will be used as Air Force One are underway, and floor plans or schematics have been seen by senior U.S. officials, CBS News has learned.
The two current Air Force One planes that President Donald Trump flies in are military versions of Boeing’s 747-200B, known as the VC-25A. They entered service in 1990.
The two planes serving as Air Force One have been transporting U.S. presidents around the world since the 20th century, with President George H.W. Bush taking his first flights in both in 1990.
While the Air Force was exploring options for getting a replacement plane for Air Force One faster than Boeing could deliver the new jets it had been contracted to build, the Air Force was ...
These days, the Air Force says that term "Air Force One" is generally used to refer to a duo of retrofitted Boeing 747-200B planes that have tail codes 28000 and 29000.