The project to replace Air Force One has not gone smoothly. Two Boeing 747-8s are currently being converted to Air Force One specifications, dubbed the VC-25B. However, the program has experienced ...

The head of Boeing’s defence business feels that the VC-25B presidential aircraft programme is on the right track and is unfazed by a US government decision to obtain a used Qatari 747-8 Boeing ...

Early long-range jet airliners transformed global travel. Explore how the 707, DC-8, VC10, and Il-62 reshaped ...

The Boeing VC-25 program, also known as Air Force One, has been plagued with delays and issues regarding the newest aircraft delivery. Initially, this delay prompted the Trump administration to look ...

Boeing had said earlier in 2025 that, if the U.S. was willing to relax some of the more stringent security requirements for contractors working on the VC-25B program, it could potentially deliver the ...

The US Air Force confirmed to The War Zone that it plans to acquire two Boeing 747-8is from Lufthansa. Ann Stefanek, an Air Force spokesperson, told The War Zone, "As part of the presidential airlift ...