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Pentagon Accepts Qatar’s Boeing 747 for Presidential UseThe Pentagon is preparing to modify a donated Boeing 747 from Qatar for presidential transport, a process that may take two years.
- Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth officially accepted a Boeing 747 from Qatar intended for presidential transport.
- The Pentagon will upgrade the plane with required security features and operational capabilities for the president.
- Discussions about the jet’s transfer are ongoing, and payment details remain undisclosed.
- Refitting the aircraft is expected to take up to two years and cost significantly more than its original value.
This plane story is a Ministry of Defense to the Department of Defense transaction that is done in full transparency and very legally, and it is part of the cooperation that we have always been doing together for decades.— Qatar's prime minister said this to Bloomberg in the context of the transfer of the jet to the Trump administration.
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