The Capitol, now called D.C., was a rural backwater, and America didn't even have a dedicated Presidential mansion until John Adams took over for first President George Washington in 1800. As time and ...

President Trump's trip to West Palm Beach, Florida, on February 14, 2025, coincided with renewed attention on the delays plaguing the delivery of new Air Force One aircraft. During a tour of a new ...

Air Force One is customized extensively to meet the US president’s specific needs. This includes advanced navigation systems, defensive capabilities, and facilities for high-level meetings and secure ...

Trump renegotiated the Air Force One contract with Boeing in his first term, and has directed Elon Musk and DOGE to work with ...

The contract with Boing for two updated models of the presidential plane Air Force One based on the modern Boeing 747-8 was ...

The US and Russian Air Forces maintain doomsday aircraft so that their presidents can command forces even in the event of a ...

An aircraft dedicated to the office of the ... Despite significant delays, the Air Force One replacement program has shown remarkable resilience. Economic challenges stemming from the pandemic ...

Billionaire Elon Musk is now lending a hand to Boeing, assisting the company with developing the long-delayed 747-8-based VC-25B Air Force One replacement ... aircraft due to Boeing’s delays.

While the aircraft type is one of the oldest in US Air Force service, the remaining airframes are not exceptionally old ... The Army is only now beginning the conceptual work that will one day produce ...

Boeing was awarded a $3.9 billion contract to deliver "two completed Air Force One replacement aircraft" in 2018, during President Donald Trump's first term. In a statement at the time ...

Trump visited the private aircraft parked at Palm Beach International ... Trump toured was expected to serve as the replacement for Air Force One.