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Retired Air Force One Jet Completes Final Flight After G7 Return
The largest presidential Boeing 747 that served for more than three decades landed for the last time on Thursday after carrying President Trump back from the G7 Summit in Switzerland.
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U.S. presidents for more than three decades completed its final flight on Thursday after returning President Trump from the G7 Leaders’ Summit in Geneva, Switzerland. Trump spokesman Steven Chueng posted on X after the landing: “Well done, good and faithful servant.
U.S. ” Crowley added: “It wasn’t the most modern plane, but it was cozy. And every flight with President Trump was incredibly special. ” The retired aircraft is one of two heavily modified Boeing 747s that entered service in the 1990s and served as the “flying White House,” equipped with advanced communications systems and defensive countermeasures.
The second presidential aircraft, informally known as “Baby Air Force One,” is a smaller C-23 used for shorter runways. U.S. Air Force announced that a VC-25 Boeing 747 transferred from Qatar had completed flight practice and is scheduled to receive new red, white, and blue livery this summer.
Trump has said the Qatari jet would eventually be donated to his future Presidential Library as an exhibit. The president participated in the G7 summit on June 17 and departed Geneva Airport aboard the retiring aircraft that same day.
