President Trump’s New Air Force One Poses Potential Security Risks


Our investigative reporter Eric Lipton explains how earlier this month President Trump abruptly switched aircraft when leaving Turkey because of a credible threat that Iranian proxies were targeting a new Air Force One that had omitted key security modifications needed for a Qatari Boeing 747.

By Eric Lipton, Nour Idriss, Nikolay Nikolov, Thomas Vollkommer, Stephanie Swart, Rafaela Balster, Arfa Momin, Junho Lee, Whitney Shefte and Paul Abowd

July 25, 2026



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