Air Force One can't exactly hold a candle to the speed of some of the commercial airplanes deployed today, but that doesn't ...

The B-52 Stratofortress has been flying for the Air Force for seven decades. New upgrades to keep it flying, though, have ...

A rare look at one of the most iconic symbols of the American presidency. — -- Air Force One is one of the most iconic symbols of the American presidency. But as a flying monument tasked with ...

President Harry Truman used the Sacred Cow as his presidential aircraft through much of his first term in office. In late 1947, the U.S. Air Force ordered a second custom-built presidential ...

The latest version was established in the November 3, 2020 rendition of the Air Force Instruction (AFI) ... This modified mission symbol denotes aircraft upgraded to perform meteorological missions.

Presidential travel is a far cry from a typical commercial flight. No ordinary aircraft could serve as Air Force One. When the Air Force selected a pair of Boeing 747-200Bs (one as a spare) as Air ...

Last year the Air Force struck an agreement with Boeing to deliver two new 747s around 2024, by which time the two planes now in service for presidential travel will be more than 30 years old.

Trump views Air Force One as a symbol of power and prestige, and he is infuriated that he begins his second term flying around in the same aging planes that once transported President George H.W ...

A brand-new Air Force One is on schedule, according to Boeing, to be delivered to the Biden administration in 2024. It will be based on a 747-8i.

Air Force Two is one ... Pence is whisked by either motorcade or helicopter to the Air Force base where the plane, its side ... Pence said the players were disrespecting national symbols.

While the symbol was left off planes after World War Two, ... When he gifted a plane to the nascent air force of Sweden's newly independent neighbour in 1918 he had had a blue swastika painted on it.