The Pentagon is set to use funds from the US's Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program to refit a jet gifted to ...

The plane from Qatar, also a Boeing 747, would be retrofitted by a U.S. defense contractor and then flown as Air Force One while Donald Trump is in office, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.

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.

President Trump said Monday he was "disappointed" in Boeing for not being quick enough to refurbish Air Force One -- and praised Qatar for offering him a free luxury jet valued at $400 million to ...

President Donald Trump defended Qatar gifting the U.S. a jet to use as Air Force One as the new fleet is ... was expected to accept a $400 million Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet from Qatar's royal ...

The Air Force awarded a contract to Boeing for two new Air Force One planes in July 2018 at a total cost of $3.9 billion, after months of negotiation.

On May 11, 2025, several mainstream news outlets reported that the nation of Qatar had offered U.S. President Donald Trump a Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet to be remodeled into a new Air Force One.. The ...

However, it is unlikely to quiet the controversy of Trump accepting a plane from Qatar. Trump has been waiting on a new Air Force One designed by Boeing, but it is significantly behind schedule ...

President Trump is set to receive a “flying palace” Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet from Qatar’s royal family, which he will use as Air Force One. Trump, 78, intends to use the aircraft — called ...

President Trump's current Air Force One and Qatar's gifted $400 million luxury Boeing differ most greatly on age and technology, cost, size, interior design and travel purposes.

Air Force One is a Boeing 747-200B, which has increased fuel capacity and more powerful engines than the standard 747-200. Boeing first started serving the model in 1972.