It will cost hundreds of millions of dollars to retrofit a Qatari luxury Boeing 747 jetliner to fly as the new Air Force One, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said.

The Boeing 747, known as the "Jumbo Jet," is a true icon in the world of aviation. This groundbreaking aircraft revolutionized air travel when it first took to the skies in the late 1960s and has ...

Boeing 747s have been out of production for some time now due to better jets on the market. However, there are still a few airlines that use them.

The 747-8 is an exquisite machine and is ruinously expensive. No wonder Qatar wants to give it to Donald Trump, who doesn’t seem to understand or care.

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is using smaller aircraft like the Boeing 737 and 787-8. The 747-8 is still in high demand to carry cargo given its huge internal volume.

Personally, I'm more interested in the bugs that the DoD doesn't find.I was always a big DC Spy Museum kid, and a plane the size of a 747-800 must have innumerable places that a bug could be ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has accepted a Boeing 747 from Qatar that President Donald Trump will use once the Pentagon upgrades it to include “proper security measures and functional ...

Amid delays and budget overruns in Boeing's $3.9 billion project, President Donald Trump accepts Qatar's 747 gifted jet, which he will refit to serve as Air Force One.

The Trump administration may have a new replacement for Air Force One, according to a report from several major news outlets, including CNN. The candidate is a Boeing 747-8 series aircraft gifted ...

President Trump continued to defend his decision to accept a $400 million luxury Boeing jet from Qatar to temporarily use as Air Force One. "Why wouldn't I accept the gift?" he asked.

The motorcade of U.S. President Donald Trump is parked next to a 12-year old Qatari-owned Boeing 747-8 that Trump was touring in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., February 15, 2025.

President Trump is set to accept a luxury Boeing 747 jet as a gift from Qatar, according to multiple reports. The Qatari royal family is set to hand over a Boeing 747-8 jet to the president’s ...