"This looks like one of the bigger wastes of money inside your budget," Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., said of plans to turn a ...

The Pentagon is set to use funds from the US's Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program to refit a jet gifted to ...

The Air Force is using money previously given to its Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program to convert a Qatari ...

Qatar's military build-up includes consideration of an order for 24 additional Rafales and the expansion of its air bases. The Qatar Emiri Air Force is one of the world's most remarkable air forces .

Qatar Air Force Apache gunships perform a flyover as Air Force One is ready to depart from Al Udeid Air Base, Thursday, May 15, 2025, in Doha, Qatar. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ...

The U.S. has officially accepted a luxury jetliner from Qatar as a gift, and slated it to become a new Air Force One. Experts say that overhaul could take years and cost hundreds of millions.

President Trump is set to receive a “flying palace” Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet from Qatar’s royal family, which he will use as Air Force One. Trump, 78, intends to use the aircraft — called ...

President Trump's current Air Force One and Qatar's gifted $400 million luxury Boeing differ most greatly on age and technology, cost, size, interior design and travel purposes.

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One, departing for New Jersey, from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Friday. An agreement to acquire a luxury Boeing 747-8 jetliner from Qatar is still in ...

Trump’s free plane is not so free. The Boeing aircraft that Qatar may give the president would require a pricy and complicated overhaul to serve as Air Force One.

Qatar Air Force Apache gunships perform a flyover as Air Force One is ready to depart from Al Udeid Air Base, Thursday, May 15, 2025, in Doha, Qatar. Credit: AP/Alex Brandon ...

Qatar Air Force Apache gunships perform a flyover as Air Force One is ready to depart from Al Udeid Air Base, Thursday, May 15, 2025, in Doha, Qatar. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ...