One of the airplanes belongs to EAA's collection, with the other is on loan from its owner until AirVenture 2025, when the plane will participate in air shows.

An extra special flight test of a Vampire T.11 built in 1952; the last T.11 flying in the world & the last RAF Vampire still flying Words: Bob Davy | Photos: Keith Wilson Have you been to England’s de ...

After attending the Tonbridge School in Kent and the University of Granada in Spain, Forsyth got his wish. At 19, he joined the Royal Air Force, where he piloted the de Havilland Vampire fighter jet.

He boasted this week that the government got the jet "for free," saying, "We need it as Air Force One until the other ones are done." Here's a look at what it would take to make the Qatari plane ...

It will “probably” cost hundreds of millions of dollars for the Pentagon to transform a luxury Qatari jet into Air Force One, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink told lawmakers on Thursday.

Air Force Secretary Troy Meink told lawmakers on Thursday that it will “probably” cost the Air Force less than $400 million to retrofit a luxury Qatari plane that President Donald Trump has ...

“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.

de Havilland DH.106 Comet The de Havilland DH.106 Comet was a silver dream of the future when it was unveiled in 1949. In a world of spluttering piston-engined DC-3 airliners, the Comet looked like it ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the US Air Force to begin plans to convert a $400M Boeing jet gifted to Trump by the Qatari royal family.

US formally accepts Qatari jet as new Air Force One The Trump administration is accepting the lavish 747-8 jumbo jet as a gift from the government of Qatar to be used as Air Force One.

Last week, President Donald Trump confirmed plans to accept a $400 million jet from Qatar and use it as an interim Air Force One—calling it a “gift, free of charge” to the Defense Department ...

The Air Force said it is also preparing to award a contract to convert the Boeing 747-8 into a presidential transport plane.