On May 11, 2025, several mainstream news outlets reported that the nation of Qatar had offered U.S. President Donald Trump a Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet to be remodeled into a new Air Force One.

Trump in a social media post said, “The Boeing 747 is being given to the United States Air Force/Department of ... Read more on Latest World News on India.com. India to punish Turkey for helping ...

(The Air Force operates a second Air Force One jet, also a Boeing 747-200B series aircraft, deployed in 1991.) More: Fighter jets, chandeliers, a Cybertruck: See the pomp of Trump's Middle East ...

The timing may also raise questions about Qatar's motivation for announcing the mammoth Boeing order during Trump's visit, rather than at next month's Paris Air Show. Trump wants the 747 to serve ...

(The Air Force operates a second Air Force One jet, also a Boeing 747-200B series aircraft, deployed in 1991.) Trump's idea is for the Qatari plane to serve as the temporary Air Force One until ...