Air Force One didn’t always look the way it does today. From its military paint job in the 1950s to Raymond Loewy’s now-iconic blue design, the plane’s evolution reflects decades of presidential ...

Spirit Airlines flight 1300 was traveling from Fort Lauderdale to Boston when controllers told the pilots to turn their plane ...

President Truman's VC-118 was named The Independence, after his hometown in Missouri. Truman flew on it for six years and it ...

Air traffic control (ATC) operators admonished a Spirit Airlines pilot Tuesday for flying too close to Air Force One, President Trump’s official plane. Spirit flight 1300 was en route to Boston ...

President Donald Trump has his sights on a new version of Air Force One as delays and cost overruns continue to plague Boeing’s long-awaited presidential aircraft replacements. The most recent data ...

Although Qatar’s Boeing 747 gift to the United States was nominally free, the plane must be refitted to serve as the presidential aircraft—a process that could cost nearly $1 billion.

President Dwight Eisenhower flew on Columbine III, a Lockheed VC-121E, for most of his presidency. The plane was named after the state flower of Colorado, his wife Mamie Eisenhower's home state. It ...

Airmen at Yokota Air Base in Japan took their UH-1N Hueys for their final flights this past week. After more than four decades of flying that model, the Air Force’s 374th Airlift Wing is retiring the ...

Sierra Nevada’s first test flight of the Survivable Airborne Operations Center marks a major step in replacing the aging E-4B “Nightwatch” fleet introduced in the 1970s. The E-4C Survivable Airborne ...

SAM 26000 operated as Air Force One from 1962 to 1998, carrying eight US presidents. Lyndon Johnson was sworn in on board, and the plane transported John F. Kennedy's body from Texas. SAM 26000 is ...

The National Museum of the US Air Force features a Minuteman II missile procedures trainer. The simulator was used to train crew members to launch intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). Similar ...

Microsoft Flight Simulator puts Japan in the spotlight as it showcases the country's most famous (and most underrated) cities and sights.