President Truman's VC-118 was named The Independence, after his hometown in Missouri. Truman flew on it for six years and it ...

The 747 jetliner needs extensive security modifications. Some members of Congress worry that President Trump will pressure ...

Air traffic control (ATC) operators admonished a Spirit Airlines pilot Tuesday for flying too close to Air Force One, President Trump’s official plane. Spirit flight 1300 was en route to Boston ...

The U.S. Air Force has begun conversion of the Qatari-gifted Boeing 747-8 to become a new presidential airlift aircraft, but ...

President Donald Trump has his sights on a new version of Air Force One as delays and cost overruns continue to plague Boeing’s long-awaited presidential aircraft replacements. The most recent data ...

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.

Airmen at Yokota Air Base in Japan took their UH-1N Hueys for their final flights this past week. After more than four decades of flying that model, the Air Force’s 374th Airlift Wing is retiring the ...

The U.S. officially accepted a luxury jet from Qatar in May after President Trump's visit to the country during his first ...

SAM 26000 operated as Air Force One from 1962 to 1998, carrying eight US presidents. Lyndon Johnson was sworn in on board, and the plane transported John F. Kennedy's body from Texas. SAM 26000 is ...

The National Museum of the US Air Force features a Minuteman II missile procedures trainer. The simulator was used to train crew members to launch intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). Similar ...

Audio from the air traffic controller, who spoke to a Spirit Airlines flight on the runway, showed how tense things get when Air Force One is passing through.

Sierra Nevada’s first test flight of the Survivable Airborne Operations Center marks a major step in replacing the aging E-4B “Nightwatch” fleet introduced in the 1970s. The E-4C Survivable Airborne ...