From the outside, the E-4B’s blue-and-white livery resembles that of Air Force One, the presidential aircraft—also built from a Boeing 747. Inside, the two are nothing alike. Innocuous enough from the ...

Although Qatar’s Boeing 747 gift to the United States was nominally free, the plane must be refitted to serve as the presidential aircraft—a process that could cost nearly $1 billion. The United ...

President Dwight Eisenhower flew on Columbine III, a Lockheed VC-121E, for most of his presidency. The plane was named after the state flower of Colorado, his wife Mamie Eisenhower's home state. It ...