Air Force Secretary Troy Meink told lawmakers on Thursday that it will “probably” cost the Air Force less than $400 million to retrofit a luxury Qatari plane that President Donald Trump has ...

Don’t tell President Donald Trump that his $400 million dream jet from Qatar was mishandled while at San Antonio ...

The United States has accepted a luxury Boeing 747 jetliner as a gift from Qatar and the Air Force has been asked to find a way to rapidly upgrade it for use as a new Air Force One to transport ...

The costs of modifying a luxury jet gifted by Qatar to the Trump administration to serve as an interim Air Force One for the president could be less than expected, the US Air Force secretary said ...

He boasted this week that the government got the jet “for free,” saying, “We need it as Air Force One until the other ones are done.”. Here’s a look at what it would take to make the ...

Air Force One has to have the highest level of classified communications, ... As government lawyers sort out the legal arrangement for accepting a luxury jet from the Qatari royal family, ...

US News. US accepts luxury jet from Qatar for Trump to use as Air Force One. May 22, 2025. The United States has accepted a luxury Boeing 747 jetliner as a gift from Qatar and the Air Force has ...

Qatar Air Force Apache gunships perform a flyover as Air Force One is ready to depart from Al Udeid Air Base, Thursday, May 15, 2025, in Doha, Qatar. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) × ...

Air Force One is the call sign for any plane that’s carrying the president. The first aircraft to get the designation was a propeller-powered C-54 Skymaster, which ferried Franklin D. Roosevelt ...