In the wake of extensive delays and budget overruns for the building of two new ‘Air Force One’ 747-8s, the US Department of ...

Just moments after lifting off from San Francisco, United Airlines Flight 863, a fully loaded Boeing 747, came dangerously close to disaster. This gripping account reveals the flight crew's critical ...

If you've ever seen what looks like a beluga whale with wings on the runway — or better yet, flown in one — there's a good chance it was the Boeing 747, nicknamed the "Queen of the Skies." ...

As catnip for a high-end mendicant like Donald Trump, the Boeing 747-8 is unbeatable. It’s an exquisite machine, a perfect consummation of form and function and last in a line of one of the ...

On May 11, 2025, several mainstream news outlets reported that the nation of Qatar had offered U.S. President Donald Trump a Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet to be remodeled into a new Air Force One.

The Boeing 747 offered to the United States by Qatar will be given to the Department of Defense, President Donald Trump said Tuesday, responding to questions about the legality of accepting a gift ...

Gifting a Boeing 747-8 to Trump ... In hindsight, the retirement of Qatar’s 747 is inevitable. It is, after all, a mirror to changes seen worldwide. Even the United States, the last major ...

The Trump administration is preparing to receive a Boeing 747-8 from the Qatari royal family ... This may be “the most valuable gift ever extended to the United States from a foreign government ...

United States President Donald Trump says that Qatar's gift of a Boeing 747-8 to the Trump administration was a "beautiful gesture." “We give a lot of gifts, we give too many gifts to defend ...

Associated Press writer Christine Fernando in Chicago and Jon Gambrell in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, contributed to this report. President Donald Trump is ready to accept a luxury Boeing 747-8 ...