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The First Air Force One was going to get scrapped several times in its life. See how the legendary aircraft changed hands ...
The Eisenhower era saw Air Force One brought into the jet age. In August 1959 Eisenhower first flew aboard VC-137A, a Boeing 707 Stratoliner nicknamed “Queenie” that had been part of the ...
Air Force One has about 4,000 square feet of interior floor space, according to information from Boeing and the U.S. Air Force. That includes an executive suite with quarters for both the ...
The contract for the new Air Force One was initially awarded to Boeing in 2018, when it received a $3.9 billion contract to build two new 747-8 aircraft for use as Air Force One that were to be ...
Pricey ticket. According to Kenneth Walsh, author of “Air Force One: A History of Presidents and Their Planes,” the cost to operate presidential aircraft in the 1950s was roughly $348 per hour.
Air Force One has long served as a symbol of the power and prestige of the presidency. It became an indelible part of U.S. history in November 1963, ...
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 ...
Air Force One is not only a way for the president to travel and a familiar avatar of the U.S. leadership; it is also an airborne command center from which the president, ...
Flying the presidents. Air Force One has been in the news lately after President Trump accepted a gift of a Boeing 747-8 from Qatar worth an estimated $200 million to $400 million.