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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 624

Air Force One

FILE: This handout picture provided by the UAE Presidential Court shows the Qatar Amiri Flight Boeing 747-8 aircraft carrying Qatar's Emir upon landing at Abu Dhabi's Presidential Airport on November 9, 2023. (Abdulla AL-BEDWAWI / UAE PRESIDENTIAL COURT / AFP)
May 21, 2025, 10:33 pm
US accepts $400 million Qatari luxury jet gift for use as Trump’s new Air Force One
Pentagon confirms handover, says ‘will work to ensure proper security measures’ with Air Force, amid opposition from Democrats, legal experts
By Phil Stewart and David Shepardson
US President Donald Trump welcomes Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani at the White House, July 9, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
May 12, 2025, 5:09 am
Trump defends prospect of Qatar potentially gifting him a plane to use as Air Force One
After report says Doha is planning to hand US president luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet on his upcoming visit, administration officials said preparing to legally defend move
By Zeke Miller and Will Weissert
The 'Wing of Zion,' the Israeli version of Air Force One, is seen above Ben Gurion Airport, on its first test flight, November 3, 2019. (Yoav Weiss/Israel Aerospace Industries)
September 4, 2023, 4:26 pm
Long-delayed ‘Israeli Air Force One’ set to finally become operational in November
Years in the making, ‘Wing of Zion’ plane expected to bring Israeli delegation to Dubai climate conference, after controversial jet was mothballed by Bennett last year
By Carrie Keller-Lynn and ToI Staff
The 'Wing of Zion,' the Israeli version of Air Force One, is seen above Ben Gurion Airport, on its first test flight, November 3, 2019. (Yoav Weiss/Israel Aerospace Industries)
November 18, 2022, 9:35 pm
Netanyahu set to bring Israel’s version of Air Force One out of mothballs, into use
NIS 750 million ‘Wing of Zion’ was being scrapped by Lapid, had prompted heavy public and government criticism for its high cost, has never transported a PM or president
By ToI Staff
The 'Wing of Zion,' the Israeli version of Air Force One, is seen above Ben Gurion Airport, on its first test flight, November 3, 2019. (Yoav Weiss/Israel Aerospace Industries)
May 25, 2022, 6:19 pm
Israel’s Air Force One being mothballed before even making first operational flight
The NIS 750 million ‘Wing of Zion,’ which took years to complete, has never transported a prime minister and has been the subject of intense public and government criticism
By ToI Staff
US President Joe Biden holds onto the hand rail as he stumbles while boarding Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Friday, March 19, 2021. Biden is en route to Georgia. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
March 20, 2021, 3:06 am
Donald Trump Jr. mocks Biden tumble, accuses him of having dementia
Jr. posts video that makes it look like president fell on stairs to Air Force One after being hit by golf ball driven by Trump
By ToI Staff and AFP
US President Joe Biden stumbles while walking up the steps to Air Force One, March 19, 2021 (video screenshot)
March 19, 2021, 7:04 pm
Biden stumbles several times while boarding Air Force One
The US president recovers, pauses and brushes off his pants before heading up to the top of the airstairs
By AFP
The 'Wing of Zion,' the Israeli version of Air Force One, is seen above Ben Gurion Airport, on its first test flight, November 3, 2019. (Yoav Weiss/Israel Aerospace Industries)
November 3, 2019, 7:21 pm
‘Wing of Zion,’ prime minister’s new plane, completes maiden test flight
Jet’s main systems ‘worked as normal,’ reports Israel Aerospace Industries, after successful four-hour trial in the sky; brakes had malfunctioned last week
By ToI Staff
The prime minister's plane, a Boeing 767, the Israeli version of Air Force One, seen on its first flight test above Tel Aviv on November 3, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
November 3, 2019, 1:17 pm
Israeli Air Force One takes off on 1st test flight
Boeing 767, reworked to become country’s first plane designed to transport its leaders, recovers from last week’s brake malfunction
By ToI Staff
A Boeing 767-300ER plane remodeled as an Israeli version of Air Force One during a test run at Ben Gurion Airport on October 31, 2019. (Israel Aerospace Industries)
October 31, 2019, 5:10 pm
Israeli Air Force One unveiled, malfunctions during test run
Emergency briefly declared at Ben Gurion Airport during brake mishap; first test flight planned for Sunday
By ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One prior to departure from Canadian Forces Base Bagotville in Canada, June 9, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB)
June 30, 2018, 5:16 am
Prank caller talks to Trump aboard Air Force One
Comedian John Melendez poses as New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez and airs the interview on his ‘The Stuttering John Podcast’
By AFP
A powerful gust of wind musses Donald Trump's hair while he boards Air Force One in early February 2018. (Screen capture: YouTube)
February 8, 2018, 9:45 am
Powerful gale lays bare the mechanics of Trump’s hair
Footage of the US president boarding Air Force One demystifies the coif that has left many pundits scratching their heads
By ToI Staff and AFP
Palestinian protesters burn pictures of US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Gaza City, on December 7, 2017. (AFP Photo/Mohammed Abed)
December 9, 2017, 3:31 am
Amid violent Palestinian protests over Jerusalem declaration, Trump urges calm
Following US recognition of Israel’s capital, White House stresses that president is still committed to a Middle East peace deal
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Sebastian Gorka, center, at the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md., Feb. 24, 2017. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
August 26, 2017, 4:55 am
Controversial Trump aide Gorka ‘fired’
Official says deputy assistant to president accused of ties to far-right groups did not resign, but was rather relieved of his White House duties
By AFP and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania arrive at Fiumicino's Leonardo Da Vinci International airport, near Rome, Tuesday, May 23, 2017. (Riccardo Antimiani/ANSA via AP)
May 23, 2017, 10:25 pm
Trump arrives in Rome for talks with the Pope
While they clash on a variety of issues, the two may find common ground in denouncing religiously inspired violence
By Nicole Winfield and Jonathan Lemire
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