The US Air Force announced plans Tuesday to purchase two Boeing 747-8 aircraft to support its future presidential airlift program, with an Air Force official confirming it would acquire the planes ...

The U.S. Air Force is purchasing two additional Boeing 747-8s to be used for its long delayed new Air Force One project, ...

Those choices completely changed the way the aircraft performed. With full-sized jumbo thrust pushing a much lighter airframe ...

When passengers watched a Boeing 747-400 push back from a gate in the 1990s and early 2000s, they were looking at an aircraft ...

The purchase is separate from two 747-8i aircraft that Boeing is currently modifying under the VC-25B program, which will ...

From extra length to a wingspan several meters wider, the Boeing 747-8 remains a giant, yet the future of long-haul travel belongs to the Airbus A350!

Boeing was originally supposed to deliver Air Force One jets in 2024, but the deal ran into several delays. Now, they have a ...

Deutsche Lufthansa AG is getting a $400 million holiday bonus from an aircraft that’s long been out of favor — the venerable ...

The U.S. Air Force is buying two Boeing 747-8is from Lufthansa for training and spares as part of the delayed program to replace the current VC-25A “Air Force One” fleet, the service has confirmed to ...

Boeing’s 747 is big, but not so big that the forward fuselage can’t be part of a museum exhibit Bob van der Linden F. Robert van der Linden is a curator who specializes in commercial aviation.

The president may be thirsting for a new four-engine jumbo jet, but many governments and royal families are unloading their fuel-guzzling palaces in the sky. The royal family of Qatar, owner of one of ...

The US Air Force will acquire two additional Boeing 747-8 aircraft for $400 million to support training and sustainment for ...