President Donald Trump on Friday unveiled the new Air Force One, a formerly Qatari-owned jumbo jet that has been converted into the official U.S. presidential aircraft. The new aircraft features a bolder look, with a navy blue underbelly and a red stripe above it.
New Design and Features
The plane’s left side, where the president boards, features the presidential seal, while the tail of the aircraft has a massive American flag on it. Trump confirmed that he would be taking the new jet to the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, next month and indicated he would be returning to China at some point.
The gift from Qatar is serving as a ‘bridge’ aircraft to carry the president until the new planes ordered directly from Boeing arrive. 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 government.
Original reporting: Texarkana Gazette — read the source article.
