Although Qatar’s Boeing 747 gift to the United States was nominally free, the plane must be refitted to serve as the presidential aircraft—a process that could cost nearly $1 billion.

Vice President JD Vance flies in a C-32, a customized military version of a commercial jetliner featuring a communications center and stateroom.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Air Force One plane, Columbine III, was named in honor of Mamie Eisenhower's home state of Colorado.

The US Air Force has begun modifying a Boeing 747 that was donated to the US by Qatar over the summer, an Air Force spokesperson said on Monday.

The first Air Force jet designed specifically for US presidents, SAM 26000 carried every president from John F. Kennedy to Bill Clinton.

The UK is set to build advanced surveillance aircraft for the US Air Force (USAF) under a new contract with Boeing.

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Harry Truman's Air Force One plane, a Douglas VC-118 named The Independence, was only the second aircraft built specifically for the president's use.