While still four years late, it’s an improvement on the last estimates for the troubled program, which has been plagued by workforce issues and cost overruns.

The new date—which is earlier than the “2028 or 2029” timeframe given earlier this year—emerged as an Air Force spokesperson confirmed to Defense One on Friday that the service would be giving Boeing an extra $15.5 million to upgrade the communications systems for the two VC-25Bs.

The US Air Force announced plans Tuesday to purchase two Boeing 747-8 aircraft to support its future presidential airlift program, with an Air Force official confirming it would acquire the planes from German carrier Lufthansa.

An Air Force jet drew within 4.3 miles of Air Force One today, violating the Federal Aviation Administration's five-mile separation limit, the agency's chief spokesman said. The spokesman, Steven Hayes, said the incident occurred over western Pennsylvania when the pilot of an Air Force F-4 converging toward the Presidential plane twice failed to respond to an air traffic controller's ...

In audio obtained by CBS News, an air traffic controller reportedly instructed the Spirit Airlines flight to turn 20 degrees to the right President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump were on their way to the U.K. for a state visit at the time of the ...