{"id":16450,"date":"2026-06-19T20:31:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T20:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=16450"},"modified":"2026-06-19T20:31:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T20:31:43","slug":"president-donald-trump-unveils-the-new-air-force-one-a-converted-qatari-jet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=16450","title":{"rendered":"President Donald Trump unveils the new Air Force One, a converted Qatari jet"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>By SEUNG MIN KIM and MANUEL BALCE CENETA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. (AP) \u2014 President Donald Trump on Friday showed off the new Air Force One, a formerly Qatari-owned jumbo jet that has been converted into the official U.S. presidential aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=16448\">How a Southern California couple may have helped swing Northern California House primary<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The new aircraft eschews the Kennedy-era robin\u2019s egg blue exterior of the old plane for a bolder look, with the underbelly of the plane painted navy blue with a red stripe above it. The plane\u2019s left side, where the president boards, features the presidential seal, while the tail of the aircraft has a massive American flag on it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe workmanship of this plane is, when you see it, you won\u2019t believe it,\u201d Trump said from inside the massive Andrews Air Force Base hangar, as a couple hundred assembled Air Force personnel looked on. He spoke after stepping off the new plane in a dramatic flourish, as his signature tune \u201cGod Bless the USA\u201d played.<\/p>\n<p>The gift from Qatar is serving as a so-called \u201cbridge\u201d aircraft to carry the president until the new planes ordered directly from Boeing arrive. That is currently slated for 2028.<\/p>\n<p>The administration formally accepted a luxury Boeing 747 jet from Qatar last year to be used as the presidential airplane, despite questions about the ethics and legality of accepting such an expensive gift from a foreign nation. Trump has insisted in the past that he would not fly around in the Qatari jet once he leaves office and said it would instead be donated to a future presidential library.<\/p>\n<p>The Air Force has said in the past that security modifications to the jet would cost less than $400 million.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=16443\">$110 million Laguna Beach mansion sale topples Orange County price record<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s efforts to reimagine the presidential airplane date back to his first administration, when he directed that an incoming fleet of new jets would adopt a color scheme that was nearly identical to that of his personal airplane. Then-President Joe Biden reversed the decision in March 2023 as an Air Force review suggested that the darker colors could increase costs and delay delivery of the new jets, but once Trump returned to office, he returned to his desired colors for the plane.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Other government jets that carry other top administration officials will also use the similar red, white and navy color scheme, the Air Force said earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>An Air Force spokesperson, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive plans, told The Associated Press that the two current planes, known as VC-25As, will not be retiring. Instead, they will remain in the fleet until the new Boeing planes, referred to as VC-25Bs, come into service, the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear how the older jets will be used but the spokesperson said that both the Qatari jet as well as the VC-25As will be available for use and \u201cthe Presidential Airlift Group will select the appropriate aircraft for each mission based on operational requirements.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Kim reported from Washington. Associated Press writer Konstantin Toropin contributed to this report from Washington.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=16439\">Polish president strips Zelenskyy of honor over naming of army unit after notorious WWII group<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Trump showcased a new Air Force One, a Qatari-gifted Boeing 747 that will serve as a bridge aircraft until new jets are delivered in 2028.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-based-on-facts-either-observed-and-verified-directly-by-the-reporter-or-reported-and-verified-from-knowledgeable-sources","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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