Air Force One is far more than a mode of presidential travel,it’s a flying command center, a fortress in the sky, and a lasting symbol of American leadership. In this video, we explore the fascinating ...

A new Air Force One is in development by Boeing that aims to improve upon the current iteration, but where is it being built ...

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 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 ...

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.

The Air Force estimates retrofitting a Qatari Boeing 747 for Air Force One will cost less than $400 million. Skip to content. NOWCAST WPBF 25 News at Noon.

Air Force One is the call sign for any plane that’s carrying the president. The first aircraft to get the designation was a propeller-powered C-54 Skymaster, which ferried Franklin D. Roosevelt ...

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.