Since the mid-20th century, US presidents have flown on special planes designated as "Air Force One" while carrying out their official duties. Nicknamed the "flying Oval Office," today's Air ...
Work continues on the engines that might one day power the Next Generation Air Dominance fighter, though the fate of NGAD itself is still undetermined.
Other details about the next-generation Air Force One remain scarce, but it will surely remain a self-sufficient flying Oval Office and command center.
On January 11, 1943, Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first sitting president to travel on official business by airplane. He flew to a WWII strategy meeting with Winston Churchill at Casablanca in ...
The Air Force has expanded funding for a cutting-edge adaptive engine that would power the Next Generation Air Dominance fighter, while the future of NGAD itself remains under consideration.