The controversial President of the United States, Donald Trump, has never stopped pushing for a new Air Force One since he had his first term. Now it has been announced that the United States Air Force is working on modifying a gifted 747-8 Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) to perform “executive airlift.”

The true successor to the current Air Force One, the Boeing VC-25 program has been languishing for nearly a decade with slow progress. That disappointing momentum, however, doesn’t mean that retrofitting a standard 747 to AF One standards would be any faster or cheaper - unless there are shortcuts.

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The Pentagon officially accepted the 747-8 jet in question from the Qatari government in May 2025. Secretary Pete Hegseth directed

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