F, marks the 1574th built in a production run spanning 55 years. This video captures the final B747 delivery ceremony at the Boeing Everett factory, featuring tributes from Boeing’s current and former ...

The aircraft that most often serve as Air Force One are two Boeing VC-25As, which are highly modified Boeing 747-200Bs. The United States Air Force (USAF) selected the Boeing 747-8 to replace them ...

Today, with hindsight being 20/20, we know how the Boeing 747 revolutionized air travel. But that was anything but a sure thing back when it was still on the drawing board in the mid-1960s.

WASHINGTON, June 5 (Reuters) - 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 on ...

Trump walks away from the White House traveling press pool outside Air Force One on Feb. 14, 2025. AP He told Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk during an online chat in 2024 on Musk’s X social ...

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.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has accepted a luxury Boeing 747 jet from Qatar for President Donald Trump to use as Air Force One, the Pentagon said Wednesday, despite ongoing ...

Double-decker planes aren’t produced anymore, with Boeing ending 747 production in 2022 and Airbus calling it quits on the A380 — the world’s biggest passenger plane — in 2021.

The flight kicks off regularly scheduled service between Beijing and Dulles using a Boeing 747. On its website, Air China indicates changes it has made to the PEK IAD route will last at least ...

Trump’s Air Force One entered service in 1990, and has been subject to certain upgrades over time. The current model is reportedly due for replacement by the slightly newer VC-25B. The 747-8i ...

Trump reportedly turned toward the Florida-based L3Harris after Boeing told the administration it wouldn’t be able to replace the president’s Air Force One fleet until after his term is up.

Defense Department accepts Boeing 747 from Qatar for Trump’s use President Trump meets with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office on Wednesday. (Evan Vucci / Associated Press) ...