The U.S. Air Force is purchasing two Boeing 747-8i aircraft from Lufthansa for approximately $400 million, to be used for training and as a source of spare parts for the future VC-25B (next Air Force ...

The AirACT 747-400 freighter overran the runway at HongKong International Airport Salvage workers recover most of the AirACT Boeing 747-400 aircraft. The 32-year-old aircraft’s age and conversion to a ...

When the first Boeing 747 rolled from the hangar in Everett, Washington, 50 years ago, onlookers were stunned. The aircraft before them, gleaming in the morning sunshine, was more than double the size ...

A Boeing 747 freighter narrowly avoided disaster after its wing struck the runway during a turbulent landing at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE) in the midst of a typhoon, sending sparks ...

While modern commercial aircraft can be hard to tell apart, there's no mistaking the majestic shape of the Boeing 747. Its distinctive hump containing the cockpit and a second-floor seating area ahead ...

As catnip for a high-end mendicant like Donald Trump, the Boeing 747-8 is unbeatable. It’s an exquisite machine, a perfect consummation of form and function and last in a line of one of the greatest ...

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 ...

Converting a Qatari-owned 747 jet into a new Air Force One for President Donald Trump would involve installing multiple top-secret systems, cost over $1 billion and take years to complete, three ...

A luxurious Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental is set to become US President Donald Trump's new official aircraft with the call sign 'Air Force One' after the Qatar government decided to 'gift' the Queen ...

President Trump is set to accept a luxury Boeing 747 jet as a gift from Qatar, according to multiple reports. The Qatari royal family is set to hand over a Boeing 747-8 jet to the president’s ...

More than 70 years have passed since the first successful mass-produced passenger jet—the Boeing 707—revolutionized air travel. While the aviation industry has undergone dramatic transformations over ...

Avion Solutions has acquired Tennessee Valley Research Group, or TVRG, to expand its ability to deliver innovative technologies and services to customers across the Department of Defense. Avion said ...