U.S. Air Force Modifying Qatar-Gifted ‘Air Force One’

Boeing VC-25A.

Boeing VC-25A.

Credit: U.S. Air Force
The U.S. Air Force has begun conversion of the Qatari-gifted Boeing 747-8 to become a new presidential airlift aircraft, but the service will not provide further details. President Donald Trump earlier this year accepted the gift of the VIP 747-8 from the Qatari government, with the aircraft to be...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C.

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