The next Air Force One will be based on Boeing’s 747-8, a larger and more capable aircraft than the current VC-25A.

Air Force One can fly about 7,751 miles without needing to refuel. That's equivalent to a flight west from Washington to Tokyo. The 747-B has a maximum take-off weight of 987,000 pounds, ...

The Eisenhower era saw Air Force One brought into the jet age. In August 1959 Eisenhower first flew aboard VC-137A, a Boeing 707 Stratoliner nicknamed “Queenie” that had been part of the ...

Air Force One has about 4,000 square feet of interior floor space, according to information from Boeing and the U.S. Air Force. That includes an executive suite with quarters for both the ...

The First Air Force One was going to get scrapped several times in its life. See how the legendary aircraft changed hands ...

Flying the presidents. Air Force One has been in the news lately after President Trump accepted a gift of a Boeing 747-8 from Qatar worth an estimated $200 million to $400 million.

Now, as the U.S. government weighs whether to use a Qatari plane as Trump’s Air Force One until shortly before the end of his second term, Boeing’s delays are back in the spotlight. Here’s ...

Boeing has hired a former Northrop Grumman executive, Steve Sullivan, to lead its Air Force One program, according to two ...

Air Force One has long served as a symbol of the power and prestige of the presidency. It became an indelible part of U.S. history in November 1963, ...

“Air Force One costs over $2 billion a piece so there’s almost a factor of 10 difference in the cost of just the airplane and what it takes to make it into an Air Force One,” the person said.

The Air Force estimates retrofitting a Qatari Boeing 747 for Air Force One will cost less than $400 million. Skip to content. NOWCAST WESH 2 News at 11 PM.

Pricey ticket. According to Kenneth Walsh, author of “Air Force One: A History of Presidents and Their Planes,” the cost to operate presidential aircraft in the 1950s was roughly $348 per hour.