--- title: A Boeing 747-8 Will Serve as the President's New Air Force One description: Check out the President's new ride canonical: https://time.com/3686772/air-force-one-boeing-747-8/ author: Eliana Dockterman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-28T22:55:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T03:57:42.085Z article:section: Politics og:title: A Boeing 747-8 Will Serve as the President's New Air Force One og:description: Check out the President's new ride og:url: https://time.com/3686772/air-force-one-boeing-747-8/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc9191a57c6f31d14/69877c73e20a87ba2ba84c89/boeing-747-8-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Workers move the new Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental jetliner into a static display on the eve of the Paris Air Show at Le Bourget airport og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: A Boeing 747-8 Will Serve as the President's New Air Force One twitter:description: Check out the President's new ride twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc9191a57c6f31d14/69877c73e20a87ba2ba84c89/boeing-747-8-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Check Out the President's New Airplane  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Jan 28, 2015 10:55 PM UTC  Workers move the new Boeing 747-8 jetliner into a static display on the eve of the Paris Air Show at Le Bourget airport near Paris on June 19, 2011 Workers move the new Boeing 747-8 jetliner into a static display on the eve of the Paris Air Show at Le Bourget airport near Paris on June 19, 2011Pascal Rossignol—Reuters  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Jan 28, 2015 10:55 PM UTC A Boeing 747-8 will be the next Air Force One, the U.S. Air Force [announced](http://www.af.mil/News/ArticleDisplay/tabid/223/Article/562748/af-identifies-boeing-747-8-platform-for-next-air-force-one.aspx) Wednesday. The latest version of the jumbo jet, which can be refueled in midair and even serve as a command center, will replace the Boeing VC-25 as the President’s official plane. The incumbent President Barack Obama won’t be able to command the newer, more fuel efficient and technologically advanced ride, however, since the first one will not be delivered until 2018 and will then have to undergo five years of testing before it carries the leader of the free world. 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