WASHINGTON, D.C. Combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)—a member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee ...

Duckworth said she also sent a letter to Meink about the operational security risks associated with the plane, and noted an ...

The Defense Department has officially accepted a luxury jet from Qatar and has begun planning how to convert the plane into ...

The Air Force is "preparing to" award a contract to begin the enormous modifications necessary to transform a Boeing 747 aircraft from Qatar into a platform usable for U.S. executive airlift, ...

Meink said in a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing that the Air Force ... Meink also pledged to Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., not to allow security standards for the plane to slip, and ...

News of the formal acceptance comes a day after Air Force officials said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had directed the service ... Tuesday during a Senate Armed Services committee hearing.

President Donald Trump’s embrace of a luxurious jet offered as a gift by the Qatari royal family has drawn bipartisan concerns about converting the aircraft to serve as a new executive airlifter.