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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Owen Scott

Trump’s Qatari jet will be taken out of service for a security update after less than a month of use

President Donald Trump says that a luxury jet gifted by the Qatari government to be used as Air Force One will be “maxed out” following reports that it lacked necessary security measures.

The $400 million jet was donated last year and was used by the president to jet to Turkey for a NATO summit earlier in July. However, Trump flew part of the way back to the U.S. aboard the older model of Air Force One, with The New York Times later reporting that the president took the older model due to “security concerns.”

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