The former Air Force One was used as a “decoy” to thwart a credible assassination plot while Trump boarded an Air Force C-32A aircraft, which is typically reserved for the Vice President as Air Force Two, in secret, a U.S. official told the newspaper. The new Air Force One gifted by Qatar will no longer be going into Trump's library. Trump posted about why the new Air Force One left Turkey without him. Truth Social/Donald Trump“To honor our brave men and women of the Military, we are sending the brand new, and truly spectacular, Air Force One to Mildenhall Air Force Base, in the United Kingdom, to give them a chance to tour the Aircraft,” he said on his social media platform at the time. President Donald Trump gestures in front of Air Force One after disembarking from the older VC-25A Air Force One at Royal Air Force (RAF) Mildenhall in Mildenhall, eastern England, on July 8, 2026, before continuing his journey to the United States.