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White House Staff Bid Farewell to Jet Used as Air Force One For 35 Years

Three Boeing 747-8 aircraft are being prepared to serve as the next generation of presidential planes.
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White House Staff Bid Farewell to Jet Used as Air Force One For 35 Years
U.S. President Donald Trump boards Air Force One before his departure from Beijing Capital Airport in Beijing on May 15, 2026. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images
Jackson Richman
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Members of President Donald Trump’s White House have bid farewell to a long-serving aircraft frequently used as Air Force One as they prepare to welcome another.

They shared their thoughts on June 18, during the plane’s final flight, while returning to the United States from France, where Trump attended the G7 and signed a memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran. The jet, a heavily modified Boeing 747-200B, is one of three in the current fleet.

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Jackson Richman
Jackson Richman
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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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