In a first, Trump will travel aboard Qatari-donated Air Force One

President Donald Trump will travel for the first time on the new Air Force One aircraft Wednesday, according to the White House.

Trump will be traveling to North Dakota to visit the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library as part of the country’s 250th anniversary celebrations , marking it the inaugural use of the Qatari-donated aircraft over a week after the U.S. Air Force began its commissioning flights .

The aircraft had to undergo significant renovations to deem it suitable for presidential use, and after the modifications “final exam,” it must complete an unknown amount of commissioning flights that allow the White House to confirm mission-capability and finalize protocols for the president’s safety.

After the flights are completed, the aircraft will be officially “commissioned” into the active executive airlift fleet and available for presidential use alongside the VC-25A and C-32 fleets.

The commissioning flights have yet to be completed, and a timeline has not been made clear.

One of the original VC-35As previously used by Trump took its last flight a day prior to the aircraft’s commissioning flights commencing.

Initially, plans to replace the aging VC-35A with two new VC-25B were slated for 2024, but supply chain issues and a lack of properly cleared workers delayed Boeing’s plans until 2028, causing the president to use the luxury jet Qatar donated to the U.S. in 2025.

The new Air Force One Boeing 747-8i sports the red, white and blue livery that Trump initially sought during his first presidential term in 2018.

In addition to taking the new Air Force One to North Dakota, the president also confirmed during the aircraft’s unveiling at Joint Base Andrews its use for the early July NATO leaders’ summit in Ankara, Turkey.

He also hinted that “at some point” this year, the administration will be traveling to China using the plane.

Trump is scheduled to appear in South Dakota on Friday for a fireworks show , but it is not clear which aircraft Trump will use to attend the demonstration.

Cristina Stassis is a reporter covering stories surrounding the defense industry, national security, military/veteran affairs and more. She previously worked as an editorial fellow for Defense News in 2024 where she assisted the newsroom in breaking news across Sightline Media Group.

据白宫消息，唐纳德·特朗普总统将于周三首次乘坐新的空军一号专机出行。

作为美国建国250周年庆祝活动的一部分，特朗普将前往北达科他州参观西奥多·罗斯福总统图书馆，这也标志着卡塔尔捐赠的飞机在美国空军开始试飞一周多后首次投入使用。

该飞机必须经过重大改造才能被认为适合总统使用，在改装“最终检验”之后，它必须完成数量不明的调试飞行，以便白宫确认其任务能力并最终确定总统安全规程。

飞行结束后，该飞机将正式“服役”加入现役行政运输机队，并可与 VC-25A 和 C-32 机队一起供总统使用。

调试飞行尚未完成，具体时间表也尚未确定。

特朗普之前使用过的一架 VC-35A 飞机，在正式试飞开始的前一天进行了最后一次飞行。

最初，波音公司计划在 2024 年用两架新的 VC-25B 替换老旧的 VC-35A，但由于供应链问题和缺乏合格的工人，波音公司的计划被推迟到 2028 年，导致总统在 2025 年使用了卡塔尔捐赠给美国的豪华喷气式飞机。

新的空军一号波音747-8i采用了特朗普在2018年第一个总统任期内最初寻求的红、白、蓝三色涂装。

除了乘坐新的空军一号前往北达科他州外，总统还在安德鲁斯联合基地举行的飞机亮相仪式上确认，该飞机将用于7月初在土耳其安卡拉举行的北约领导人峰会。

他还暗示，今年“某个时候”，政府将乘坐这架飞机前往中国。

特朗普计划于周五在南达科他州出席烟火表演，但目前尚不清楚特朗普将乘坐哪架飞机前往。

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