Lawmakers and activists want answers on the administration’s plans to retrofit a ritzy jet gifted to Trump with funds from ...

According to the aviation database website ch-aviation, the VIP jumbo jet donated by Qatar to the US government was ...

A group of six Democratic lawmakers is demanding more details from the Air Force as to how the service is siphoning funding ...

Congressman John Garamendi and other congressional leaders sent a letter to Air Force Secretary Troy Meink this week, demanding details on funds from the Sentinel nuclear program to pay for retrofits ...

President Donald Trump told reporters last month the donated Qatari jet could be ready for his use as Air Force One in ...

Earlier this year, President Trump confirmed that the Qatari royal family was donating a Boeing 747-8 for his use.

Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink shakes hands with U.S. Air Force Gen. Kevin Schneider, Pacific Air Forces commander, on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, July 24, 2025.

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A man who tried to enlist in the Air Force but was rejected because he had undergone weight-loss surgery filed a lawsuit ...

The Defense Department is asking Congress for permission to redirect $5.4 billion in previously approved money to other ...

The transfer of the jet from Qatar to the Trump administration sparked a political firestorm in the spring among Democrats ...

The VIP-configured B747-8, which will be converted into Air Force One, was photographed departing Alliance Fort Worth en ...