Trump's criticism of the plan to acquire new presidential aircraft threw the 747-8's future as Air Force One into doubt. Aircraft manufacturers and aerospace analysts were quick to put forth ideas ...

The Air Force One of today dates back to the George H.W. Bush administration. He was the first president to fly in the same Boeing 747-200s that are still cruising today, known as VC-25A.

Supersonic air travel disappeared with the end of the former-Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic transport and the famous joint French and English Concorde SST built by Aérospatiale/BAC.

Trump desperately wanted a new Air Force One, but he’s getting a used plane instead. Boeing’s Air Force One project is so overdue and over budget that Trump is settling for a jet previously ...

In 2021, the Air Force disclosed it cost approximately $177,843 per flight hour to operate its two Air Force One jets. Inflation can account for only part of the staggering rise in costs.

There could be a supersonic Air Force One prototype airplane as early as 2025, with the US Air Force getting busy awarding development contracts. California start-up Exosonic is working on a low ...

Musk then regularly called Boeing officials and visited the future Air Force One jets at the company’s San Antonio facility. In February, Trump teased publicly he might go in a different direction.

Boeing is likely to take a "large" 2Q charge for the latest delay in its VC-25B program to convert two jumbos to serve as the future Air Force One, says TD Cowen. Boeing has already taken $2.4B in ...

Air Force pilots flew B-2 bombers on a 36-hour round trip to strike three Iranian nuclear facilities last weekend. Trump said the strikes left Iran's nuclear sites "obliterated like nobody’s ...

The YFQ-44A, developed by Anduril, is one of two semiautonomous vehicles headed to Beale Air Force base that the Air Force says “will be critical in securing air dominance for the Joint Force in ...

The current Air Force One is actually two heavily modified 747s that went into service during George H.W. Bush’s presidency. During Trump’s first term, Boeing won a $3.9 billion contract to ...