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In response to ongoing concerns about Boeing’s delays, President Donald J. Trump has asked L3Harris Technologies to provide an interim presidential aircraft by the end of the year, according to The Wall Street Journal. This decision marks a significant change in how presidential flights will be handled. Boeing, which was awarded a $3.9 billion contract to deliver two next-generation Air Force One aircraft, has fallen significantly behind schedule by years and is now billions of dollars over budget. Trump’s newly selected contractor, L3Harris, headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, is tasked with retrofitting a previously Qatari-owned Boeing 747 as a temporary command...

As the Democrats scramble for an excuse to remove Joe Biden from the 2024 Presidential ticket, following his horrendous debate performance, it was reported on Friday evening that Joe Biden suffered some kind of medical emergency. However, there is no confirmation of this, and unfortunately for the Democratic Party, it appears to be inaccurate. Newsmax’s Monica Crowley reported on X, “Biden is reportedly having a medical emergency aboard Air Force One.” Elon Musk responded to a repost by Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), trolling the Biden Regime by adding, “That’s just every flight these days.” That’s just every flight these days...

Normally they're the ones grilling Washington power players. But the tables have been turned on the White House press corps.

President Biden spoke on the need for humanitarian aid and said though “Israel has been badly victimized” they have an opportunity to help those who are suffering in Israel and Gaza. He briefly spoke about this to reporters aboard Air Force One on his way back to the United States from his visit to Israel amid the country’s war with Hamas

Everyone missed what is now, in hindsight, a crystal clear signal that the White House knew that the buffalo chips were about to hit the fan; and that they are very worried.On April 21, the White House announced that Neil Eggleston would be the new counsel to the president. It didn't get much notice, but in light of recent events, it's a really big deal.

Some staffers of Vice President Kamala Harris can’t stomach their job duties. And it’s not just the veep’s leadership style. It’s the food aboard Air Force Two — the vice president’s official aircraft. Harris staffers are calling the meals — served by military personnel — “horrible slop,” according to a Politico report Friday. “It’s a little more Southwest Airlines than Four Seasons,” one former staffer said. Harris staff and alumni have received soggy sandwiches, cold pasta salads, and unappetizing spinach breakfast burritos, Politico reported. Politico did not report what food is served to Harris herself, or whether it’s different from...

The Biden administration will scrap a paint scheme for Air Force One proposed by former President Donald Trump, after the Air Force determined the design would create too much heat for the presidential aircraft, a U.S. official said on Friday. The current exterior color scheme on the presidential aircraft, known as Air Force One when the president is on board, is white with two shades of blue and dates back to President John F. Kennedy's administration. Trump, who left office in January 2021, wanted to change it to red, white and blue. "The Trump paint scheme is not being considered...

The Wall Street Journal reports that one of Boeing’s two next-generation Air Force Ones could have been damaged when workers attempted to shift the under-construction jet onto jacks. The weight on the jacks was reportedly well in excess of what they were designed to hold, and officials were reportedly concerned that the aircraft could have been damaged. The Air Force did not find any damage, but its investigation instead determined that Boeing crews didn’t follow established procedure and that one employee wasn’t properly credentialed to supervise the work. Another later failed a routine drug test. The Air Force requested that...

The White House on Monday revealed that President Joe Biden had come into “close contact” with a staffer who later developed symptoms and tested positive for the coronavirus. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said a mid-level staffer spent 30 minutes with President Biden on Air Force One on Friday during his trip to South Carolina before developing coronavirus symptoms on Sunday. On Monday morning, the staffer tested positive for coronavirus.

A new version of the plane is under construction under a contract with Boeing Corp. Ever think about how cool it might be to have a drink aboard Air Force One? Well, somebody at the Boeing facility where the new models of what will become Air Force One are being fitted out in San Antonio, Texas, left a couple of booze bottles inside the plane, sparking an investigation. The incident was first reported by The Wall Street Journal. Alcohol is officially banned at the San Antonio plant where the plane is being developed. However, two miniature bottles of tequila were...

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Reports are emerging describing a potential near miss with an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) while the C-32A that President Trump was flying on was making its final approach into Andrews Air Force base on Sunday evening. POTUS was returning from Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster New Jersey when the reported near miss took place. AFP's Sebastian Smith reported on the incident shortly after disembarking the highly modified 757-200, stating: "@realDonaldTrump just landed at Andrews on AF1. Shortly before, while descending, we flew right over a small object, remarkably close to the president’s plane. Resembled a drone though I’m no...

Hillary Clinton was aboard an American Airlines flight from New York that suffered a mechanical issue and needed to return to the gate Sunday afternoon, according to a law enforcement source. A separate law enforcement source confirmed Clinton was aboard a plane which experienced a mechanical issue that needed to return to the gate. American Airlines says flight 2144, from New York's LaGuardia Airport to Washington's Reagan National Airport returned to the gate around 3:15 pm, ET, after ground personnel saw the mechanical issue, according to the source. Pilots told authorities the plane shook and ground personnel saw smoke and...

The winners of the 2019 Little League World Series flew home from Washington to Louisiana in style -- aboard Air Force One. President Donald Trump met with the Eastbank All-Stars on Friday at the White House. At the meeting, Trump asked the team members' parents whether the team could hop on Air Force One for the ride back to Louisiana since Trump was already headed to the state for a campaign rally. The team then met again with Trump at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, on the tarmac near Air Force One, and they all ascended onto the presidential...

The 2019 Little League world champions went back home to Louisiana in style after they accepted a last-minute invitation Friday to fly aboard Air Force with President Trump. The Eastbank All-Stars were visiting Washington, D.C., following their 8-0 victory over Curacao in August to clinch the baseball title, Politico reported. The team took a tour of the Capitol in a visit hosted by Republican Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana, who serves as the House minority whip. Trump also welcomed North Carolina's Rowan County All-Stars, the 2019 Little League Softball World Series Champions.

According to Air Force Magazine, President Donald Trump's new Air Force One fleet will cost a total of $5.2 billion total, up from the 2016 estimate of $3.2 billion. Two Boeing 747-8s are being converted into VC-25s, the model used for VIP transport. They will serve as the "flying White House" starting in 2024, although Trump requested that they be ready for use in 2021. Trump had boasted that he struck a deal with Boeing to lower the cost by $1 billion of renovating the jets, which were originally built for a now-defunct Russian airline. Boeing will be paid $3.9...

President Donald Trump revealed his design this week for a new Air Force One, showing off a set of drawings in the Oval Office that replace the Kennedy-era light blue paint job with a more masculine red, white and black. The current livery is dominated by blue, the color of the Democratic Party. Trump’s re-do has splashes of Republican red. The result resembles the color scheme of Trump’s personal Boeing 757, which 2016 campaign crowds called ‘Trump Force One.’ ‘We had different choices, here,’ Trump told ABC News, saying that he had come up with the design concepts himself. Artists’...

President Trump, in an interview aired Thursday, unveiled the new red, white and blue paint job for the new Air Force One -- and promised that the jet would also be much bigger than the existing presidential plane. “Here’s your new Air Force One and I’m doing that for other presidents, not for me,” Trump told ABC News in the Oval Office. The scheme involves a blue base and a white top, with a thin red line through the middle where the windows are situated.

Nancy Pelosi used taxpayers money to fly family members, for free, in the US Government's airplane, Air Force One, documents from the United States Air Force have revealed. Political watchdog group Judicial Watch obtained the USAF documents in July 2011, which detail expense summaries, flight manifests, copies of receipts, and Congressional correspondence.

From a gold-plated toilet to a king sized bed and even a gym, these astonishing pictures show the lavish interior of one of Vladimir Putin 's private jets. The Russian president's aircraft touched down in the Finnish capital, Helsinki, yesterday ahead of his historic meeting with Donald Trump, who also boasts his own private jet - Air Force One. Here we take a look inside both jets to see how they compare...