Designed to reduce noise, nacelle chevrons ultimately proved to be more bad than good.

For more than a year, the aviation world has closely followed the unusual journey of a former Qatari royal Boeing 747-8 that is being transformed into an interim Air Force One. What began as a ...

Known as the Survivable Airborne Operations Centre, or SAOC, the new fleet of Boeing 747-derivative jets are intended to replace the US Air Force’s Boeing E-4B Nightwatch aircraft, which can serve as ...

The Boeing 747-8 jet gifted by Qatar was originally manufactured as a Boeing Business Jet and delivered in April 2012.

The 747-8 BBJ gifted by the Qatari government has raised security and ethical concerns. A former Qatari Boeing 747-8 Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) has completed flight testing pending its use by President ...

The aircraft, estimated to be worth nearly $400 million, was formally introduced during a ceremony at Joint Base Andrews.

WASHINGTON, May 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force is targeting a Fourth of July delivery for a Boeing 747 gifted by Qatar that would join the ‌Air Force One fleet in time for the nation's 250th ...

The factory in Everett, Washington, where Boeing built the 747 for more than 50 years is so big that clouds used to form inside above the production line. Some say that you would occasionally see a ...

The U.S. Air Force has finished modifying and testing a Boeing 747 jet donated by Qatar for temporary use as Air Force One and expects to have it ready for President Donald Trump to use this summer, ...

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The jet was perhaps the pinnacle of American engineering excellence. Its retirement signals an end to an era of American culture—and ambition.