The New Air Force One Bridge Jet Has Finished Flight Testing and Is Getting Painted for Summer Delivery

The next presidential aircraft just cleared a major milestone. The U.S. Air Force announced on May 1 that the VC-25B Bridge aircraft has completed both modification and flight testing and is now being painted in its new red, white, gold, and blue livery ahead of delivery to the Presidential Airlift Group no later than this summer. The bridge jet is a Boeing 747-8i platform originally gifted by Qatar. It was modified at L3Harris facilities in Waco, Texas, and is designed to serve as an interim presidential aircraft while the longer-term VC-25B replacement program continues to work through delays. The current...