The Secret Service is said to have asked that the president not use the Qatari-donated jet when he left Ankara. The swap deepens questions about the retrofitting of the new plane.

Sources told Haberman last year it was unlikely the Qatari jet could be retrofitted with the necessary security to protect the president.

President Donald Trump is flying on the U.S. Air Force’s new VC-25B Bridge aircraft for the first time. The modified, Qatari-gifted Boeing 747-8i is taking Trump and others to N

President Trump has said his Qatar-gifted Air Force One will later go to his presidential library. Eric Trump says a different plane will go there.

After an early Thursday morning landing near Washington, two White House officials posted social media farewells to the heavily modified Boeing 747-200, which has flown as Air Force One since 1990, as the first of three planes being modified for the role is set to be delivered soon.

Trump's remarks came aboard the Air Force One plane, after the reporters he was interacting with were asked to shut the blinds next to their seats.

President Donald Trump took the debut flight on the new Air Force One gifted by Qatar on Wednesday, July 1