The United States Army has traditionally been considered the “ground-pounding” (as it were) branch of the US Armed Forces, and understandably so, what with the prevalence of the Artillery (“King of Battle;” or less formally, “cannon cockers”), Infantry (“Queen of Battle”), and Armor branches and whatnot. This became especially true in September 1947, when the US Army Air Forces (USAAF) broke away from the Army and became the independent branch of service we know and love as the US Air Force (USAF), and took dang near all the fighter planes and bombers with them.
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- February 19, 2025
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US President Donald Trump toured a 13-year-old Boeing 747-8 on February 15th, 2025. As the newly re-elected president, he is pushing to replace the current pair of VC-25As with newer models ahead of their extensively delayed delivery schedule. With Boeing’s current projections, Trump would not get to fly onboard the jet as president as the VC-25Bs are due after the end of his term.