Satisfying Trump’s desire to use the new plane before the end of his term could require leaving out some precautions.

It will cost hundreds of millions of dollars to retrofit a Qatari luxury Boeing 747 jetliner to fly as the new Air Force One, ...

The Trump administration received the luxury Boeing 747 from Qatar last month in a move that raised ethical and cost concerns ...

"It's gratifying the president's ego. That's all it is." Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) pressed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ...

We appropriate the money that you will spend after it’s authorized by my committee, and you cannot tell us how much the ...

The service, which will oversee the upgrades, hasn't provided details on the scope or schedule of the modifications or ...

But the Air Force “believes” it will cost “less than $400 million to retrofit that aircraft,” service secretary Troy Meink ...

Air Force Secretary Troy Meink told lawmakers on Thursday that it will “probably” cost the Air Force less than $400 million ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth repeatedly refused to disclose the cost of the Air Force’s contract to acquire and retrofit a Boeing 747 gifted by Qatar, sparking sharp criticism from lawmakers ...

Trump should not have accepted the questionable gift, and Boeing should make clear why waiting for its planes makes more ...

Joe Courtney, D-Conn., said that based on the contract costs for the planes that the Air Force is building, it would cost about $1 billion to strip down the Qatar plane, install encrypted ...