WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It will cost hundreds of millions of dollars to retrofit a Qatari luxury Boeing 747 jetliner to fly as the new Air Force One, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said on Thursday.

The U.S. has officially accepted the government of Qatar’s gift of a 747 jetliner, and the Air Force will now begin working to rapidly upgrade the aircraft so that it can be used as a new Air Force ...

The US Pentagon has now officially accepted a luxury Boeing 747 jetliner as a gift from Qatar. The US Air Force has been asked to find a way to rapidly upgrade it for use as a new Air Force One to ...