President Donald Trump said he could start flying in the new luxury jumbo jet as soon as February of next year.

The U.S. government and Qatar will finalize a deal next week for Qatar to give the U.S. Air Force a jet to be Air Force One.

Allocators from the Vanguard Group decided to boost their stakes in Boeing stock by as much as 1.9% as of May 2025, netting their entire position to a high of $11.2 billion.

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.

While the 747 remains one of aviation's most beloved aircraft, its future has become a question of practicality. The supersonic dreams Boeing once bet on never materialized in a meaningful way.

Aerospace Was Ready to Take Off. Then Tariffs Landed. The aviation supply chain was finally recovering from the pandemic but now faces upheaval just as Boeing and Airbus seek to increase production.

The Boeing 747 was nicknamed Ed Force One and flew with Iron Maiden until the tour wrapped in 2017. Once the tour was over and the plane was no longer needed, its internals were stripped out ...