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Retrofitting Qatari jet as Air Force One for Trump to cost hundreds of millions of dollars
It will cost hundreds of millions of dollars to retrofit a Qatari luxury Boeing 747 jetliner to fly as the new Air Force One, ...
Qatari jet that could be new Air Force One will ‘probably’ cost less than $400 million to retrofit, Air Force Secretary says
Air Force Secretary Troy Meink told lawmakers on Thursday that it will “probably” cost the Air Force less than $400 million ...
What it would take to convert a jet from Qatar into Air Force One to safely fly Trump
President Donald Trump grew impatient with how long it was taking to finish new planes to serve as Air Force One, so he ...
You might be surprised by how old Air Force One is
Air Force One, the president’s official plane, could be the most famous aircraft in the world. Not many planes have movies ...
Modern Engineering Marvels on MSN13h
Inside the High-Stakes Engineering and Security Gamble Behind Trump’s Rush for a New Air Force One
It’s all based on an embarrassing misunderstanding of what Air Force One is meant to do,” said Richard Aboulafia, managing ...
Defense News on MSN11h
For Air Force weather experts, the cloud is the future – rain or shine
The organization, which provides operational weather tools to the military and intelligence agencies, expects to fully ...
Air Force Times on MSN1d
Air Force spends millions on relaxation cubes that may prove worth it
Shiny mirrored cubes — a flashy new curriculum-based therapeutic tool — have been installed at more than two dozen Air Force ...
The Autopian on MSN4d
I Visited America's First 'Air Force One' And Saw Volunteers Fixing It To Its Former Glory
From test flights on aircraft made of wood and canvas to gleaming aluminum hulls to the massive transcontinental flights of ...