{"id":2548181,"date":"2026-01-22T18:02:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T23:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/qatari-air-force-one-ready-for-summer-delivery\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T18:03:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T23:03:47","slug":"qatari-air-force-one-ready-for-summer-delivery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/qatari-air-force-one-ready-for-summer-delivery\/","title":{"rendered":"Qatari Air Force One ready for summer delivery"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fqatari-air-force-one-ready-for-summer-delivery%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2548181&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A Boeing 747 gifted by Qatar is being converted for presidential use and is expected to enter service as a VC-25 &#8220;bridge&#8221; aircraft by summer 2026, the Air Force says. The jet-reported to be a $400 million former Qatari government plane-is being remodeled by L3Harris Technologies and will be painted in red,white,and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-video-show-the-atlantic-and-pacific-oceans-meeting\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Does This Video Show The Atlantic And Pacific Oceans Meeting?\">dark blue<\/a> for presidential duty.The move comes as the two new Air Force One builds from Boeing have been delayed, and the current VC-25s (military 747-200Bs) remain in use; those <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >planes include specialized communications<\/a>, security systems, and in-flight refueling capability. The announcement followed a recent air Force One diversion caused by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/air-force-one-turns-back-after-minor-electrical-issue-en-route-to-davos\/\" title=\"... One turns back after &#039;minor electrical issue&#039; en route to Davos\">minor electrical issue<\/a> and has prompted political scrutiny,with some Democrats questioning the gift and President Trump defending it as a generous gesture.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Qatari Air Force One ready for summer delivery<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2481120\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The airplane <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/qatar\/\">Qatar<\/a> gifted President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> is preparing for its first takeoff no later than this summer, the Air Force said.<\/p>\n<p>The Air Force expects the next Qatari-gifted <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/air-force-one\/\">Air Force One<\/a> plane to be ready by summer 2026.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;The Air Force remains committed to expediting delivery of the VC-25 bridge aircraft in support of the Presidential airlift mission, with an anticipated delivery no later than summer 2026,&rdquo; the Air Force said in a statement reported by the <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/national-security\/trump-qatar-jet-summer-delivery-45e54d19?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=AWEtsqebnghdkdTXL6TUKrJMh6F5Y7uOiDjuXuORt9aHaHPPrZQstwgizQmux7B5H7M%3D&amp;gaa_ts=69723137&amp;gaa_sig=7yTocX_2fJ5YOa1opzvs60pkQthfx5cNXTS-OvCDDW-rCNdfrJHpb0MZSN8YoeMduvUiUSTCZ45JBaAL0YIrlw%3D%3D\">Wall Street Journal<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The news comes just days after Air Force One was <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4426910\/air-force-one-trump-turns-back-davos\/\">forced to make a U-turn<\/a> over the Atlantic Ocean while en route to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/davos\/\">Davos, Switzerland<\/a>, returning to Washington due to a &ldquo;minor electrical issue.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said at the time that the Qatari jet gift sounded &ldquo;much better&rdquo;&nbsp;after Trump&rsquo;s travel plans to the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/world-economic-forum\/\">World Economic Forum<\/a> were delayed by a few hours.<\/p>\n<p>The current Air Force One models are <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/104588\/vc-25-air-force-one\/\">VC-25s<\/a>, military versions of the Boeing 747-200B, specially suited for the president, including special electronic, communications, and security equipment and the ability to refuel in flight. The two current planes were first used by former President George H.W. Bush.<\/p>\n<p>The plane expected to be ready for use this summer was formerly used by the Qatari government and is being remodeled by L3Harris Technologies for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s use, painted in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3104417\/trump-hasnt-abandoned-plan-repaint-air-force-one\/\">red, white, and dark blue<\/a> colors. It is a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3417233\/qatar-prime-minister-trump-jet-gift-normal-thing\/\">$400 million Boeing 747 <\/a>jet that Qatar <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/magazine\/3439129\/trump-qatar-plane-deal-cost-timeline\/\">gifted to<\/a> Trump.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3898000\/senate-democrats-question-bondi-qatar-jet-gift-trump\/\">SENATE DEMOCRATS QUESTION BONDI ON QATAR JET GIFT TO TRUMP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I could be a stupid person and say, &lsquo;No, we don&rsquo;t want a free, very <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ngad-fighters-price-per-tail-will-be-more-than-double-that-of-the-f-35\/\" title=\"NGAD Fighter\u2019s Price Per Tail Will Be More Than Double That of the F-35\">expensive airplane<\/a>.&rsquo; But I thought it was a great gesture,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/magazine\/3439129\/trump-qatar-plane-deal-cost-timeline\/\">Trump said<\/a> in May.<\/p>\n<p>The Qatari plane offer came after the White House scuffled with Boeing, in both the Trump and Biden administrations, over the company&rsquo;s contract to build two new Air Force One planes that Trump commissioned. Boeing, on a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3398308\/trump-redo-qatar-plane-air-force-one-boeing\/\">$3.9 million contract<\/a> with the Air Force, was years behind schedule on the construction of the jets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Qatar&#8217;s gifted Air Force One to arrive by summer 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2548182,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25286640326976.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[71712,52077,71549,7823,71711],"class_list":["post-2548181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-aircraft-delivery","tag-military-aviation","tag-presidential-aircraft","tag-qatar","tag-vip-transport"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25286640326976.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2548181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2548181"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2548181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2548188,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2548181\/revisions\/2548188"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2548182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2548181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2548181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2548181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}