Washington: President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he will fly an old Air Force One plane from Turkey to the UK 'for old time's sake', with the new plane given to the U.S. by Qatar visiting the same base in the UK, according to a post on Truth Social.Trump said the newly overhauled Air Force One will fly to RAF Mildenhall in the United Kingdom so U.S. service members stationed there can tour the aircraft.Read more:The new plane is a Boeing 747 gifted to the United States by Qatar last year and refitted by defense contractor L3Harris Technologies.The jumbo aircraft has been painted in a red, white, dark blue and gold livery chosen by Trump, marking a departure from the iconic design used on Air Force One for decades."Everybody is so excited and we thought that they should be the first," Trump wrote, adding that the outgoing Air Force One would make the trip from Turkey to Mildenhall "for old time's sake."Read more:The Qatari jet's acceptance had drawn scrutiny. Retrofitting the luxury plane required security upgrades, communications improvements to prevent eavesdropping, and missile defense capabilities, experts said.
Trump says he will use old Air Force One to travel to UK with new plane going there too
US president Donald Trump said that he was going to fly from Turkey to the United Kingdom in the Air Force One aircraft gifted by Qatar "for old times sake," as stated on Truth Social. He said that he will be flying to RAF Mildenhall in the UK so that the American service member stationed there can tour the aircraft. The Qatari jet has drawn criticisms which was retrofitted by L3Harris.
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