How Trump’s new Air Force One, a luxury jet from Qatar, compares to the outgoing presidential plane

Since his first term in the White House, President Donald Trump has displayed a model of a new Air Force One plane on his desk.

On Wednesday, his long-held vision became a reality when the aircraft he accepted as a gift from Qatar, designated the VC-25B Bridge, flew as Air Force One for the first time.

Speaking to reporters before boarding the aircraft at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, Trump called it the “best plane ever built.” He later landed in Medora, North Dakota, for the dedication of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library.

Retrofitted with state-of-the-art protective measures and painted with his favored colors of red, white, and blue, the new presidential plane is bigger, faster, more fuel-efficient, and more luxurious than the outgoing VC-25A, which has been in service since President George H.W.

Here’s how Trump’s new VC-25B Bridge compares to the old VC-25A.