Trump shares look at Qatari aircraft for AF1

President Donald Trump shared a look at a new aircraft with The Center Square on Friday that will serve as Air Force One.

The Air Force’s VC-25B Bridge aircraft arrived at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Friday. The aircraft will need to go through several commissioning flights that serve as the “final exam” for aircraft modification.

The aircraft, a $400 million plane gifted from officials in Qatar last year, will be used to relieve pressure on the president’s fleet. Trump said the aircraft is more than double the size of the previous model.

“Our country has to be represented properly,” Trump said. “We have the greatest aircraft anywhere in the world.”

Trump said he would use the aircraft much more in the future. He said he would use it to travel to Turkey in July for a NATO summit and a meeting in China. He did not specify when the meeting in China would occur.

“The quality of the materials, the quality of the engines, is the best in the world,” Trump said. “I w...