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The US Air Force has begun converting a Qatar-donated Boeing 747-8 for executive airlift support, though key details remain classified.
In today's world of capacity discipline and super-efficient twinjets, the late 20th century is an unusual era to examine. Despite air travel numbers being significantly lower than they are today, most airlines were flying bigger planes than they are today ...
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The Air Force Has Started Working on Trump’s New “Air Force One”
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.
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Flight tests begin on US Air Force’s new ‘doomsday plane’
Flight tests for the E-4C Survivable Airborne Operations Control are being held in Dayton, Ohio, aerospace firm Sierra Nevada Corp. said.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has accepted a luxury Boeing 747 aircraft from Qatar for President Donald Trump to use as Air Force One, the Pentagon said Wednesday, despite ongoing questions about the ethics and legality of taking the ...
-as a gift from the Qatari royal family. A source briefed on the matter told Reuters that the Trump administration plans to accept that gift, a Boeing 747-8 plane that would then be outfitted to serve as the president's aircraft. A new commercial 747-8 ...
The US Air Force and Sierra Nevada Corp. have started flight tests for the E-4C Survivable Airborne Operations Control (SAOC), a next-generation doomsday plane to replace the aging E-4B fleet. The aircraft,
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Korean Air Boeing 747-8 Charter Arrives In Seoul After Large-Scale Immigration Raid In Georgia
A Korean Air Boeing 747-8 charter flight carried over 300 South Korean workers back to Incheon after they were detained in a US immigration raid at a Hyundai battery plant site in Georgia.
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