By Alexandra Skores
PUBLISHED Jan 21, 2026, 3:49 PM ET
2026年1月21日，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普在马里兰州安德鲁斯联合基地登上”空军一号”，准备离开华盛顿前往瑞士，但飞机最终掉头返航。
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周二晚间”空军一号”上发生的”电气故障”迫使特朗普总统的欧洲之行专机掉头返回，这一事件引发了人们对总统乘坐的这架已有数十年历史的飞机老化问题的担忧。
美国空军长期以来一直在努力升级其老化的机队，而特朗普自第一任期以来就一直推动”空军一号”项目的改革。
需要掉头返回的飞机是一架波音747-200B，在东部时间晚上11点刚过安全降落在马里兰州。它是美国空军VC-25A项目的一部分，该项目包含”空军一号”。大约一小时后，特朗普乘坐一架备用飞机前往瑞士达沃斯世界经济论坛。
据白宫新闻秘书卡罗琳·莱维特称，飞机掉头返回安德鲁斯联合基地是出于谨慎考虑。
“这必须是世界上维护得最好的飞机之一，”美国有线电视新闻网交通分析师玛丽·夏维奥表示，”但每架飞机都有这样的情况：当警告灯亮起时，你必须掉头回去并解决问题。”
据美国空军称，这架出问题的飞机于1991年首次投入使用，是两架为总统飞行任务而订购的波音飞机之一。这两架飞机都已超过30年，长期以来遭到特朗普的批评，他希望更换新飞机。
但获得新飞机还需要更多时间。
波音公司替换两架”空军一号”喷气式飞机的合同原定交付日期为2022年，但已过期限却仍未交付新飞机。
特朗普还拥有自己捐赠的卡塔尔喷气式飞机，他此前预测这架飞机可能在2026年2月前准备就绪供其使用，但目前尚无迹象表明这架飞机即将加入总统机队。
新飞机更新进展
特朗普一直期待用于总统使用的新飞机。除了卡塔尔飞机外，目前还有几种不同的飞机在讨论中。
美国空军在12月宣布，将从德国汉莎航空公司购买两架额外的波音喷气式飞机，以支持其未来的总统空运项目，交付日期定在今年，表明它们主要用于训练。
2026年1月19日，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普乘坐的”空军一号”从佛罗里达州西棕榈滩国际机场出发，这张照片是从一架鱼鹰飞机内部拍摄的。
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美国空军在一份声明中称，这两架飞机的价格为4亿美元，是”为747-8机队采购两架飞机以支持训练和备件”，该计划旨在未来几年更换目前作为”空军一号”使用的747-200型号飞机。
第一架飞机将于今年初交付，第二架预计在2026年底前交付。如果美国空军将这些飞机加入总统机队，可能需要相当长的时间。
不具备”空军一号”严格复杂要求的商业喷气式飞机翻新可能需要数周或数月，具体取决于工作量和飞机的老化程度。例如，根据航空网站Simple Flying的数据，某些涉及飞机完全拆解的维护检查每6至12年进行一次，全面检查通常需要3至6周。
主要的替换选择是两架额外的波音747飞机，这些飞机最初是作为商用飞机设计的，现在正在圣安东尼奥进行改装，作为VC-25B项目的一部分。据军方称，新飞机预计将”作为未来30年的飞行白宫”，取代现有的两架飞机。
747-8飞机的新改装预计将包括电力升级、任务通信系统、医疗设施、行政内部设施和自主地面操作能力。
12月12日，美国空军向波音公司授予了1550万美元的合同修改，用于VC-25B项目。这一合同使总价值超过43亿美元。
截至目前，第一架VC-25B飞机预计在2028年中期交付，这一时间线将在特朗普第二任期结束前交付。
总统专机的历史记录
周二晚上的事件也不是总统飞机首次出现问题。本周的事件是近几个月来特朗普第二次被迫换乘备用飞机。
载有特朗普总统前往达沃斯世界经济论坛的”空军一号”在起飞后出现轻微电气问题，于周二返回马里兰州安德鲁斯联合基地，图为工作人员卸载飞机上的物品。
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莱维特当时宣布，在9月访问英国期间，特朗普和第一夫人梅拉尼娅乘坐的直升机出现液压系统问题，被迫降落在当地机场后，他们安全换乘了一架备用直升机。
为了继续前往瑞士，总统周二换乘了一架波音C-32A飞机，这是美国空军版本的双引擎757喷气式客机，通常由第一夫人或内阁成员使用。美国空军机队中有四架C-32飞机。
周二使总统掉头返回的这架飞机有着传奇历史。
据弗吉尼亚大学米勒中心称，2001年9月11日，前总统乔治·W·布什在佛罗里达州一所小学参加活动时，因纽约世贸中心南塔遇袭而被紧急转移到这架飞机上。这架飞机将总统送往路易斯安那州什里夫波特附近的空军基地，然后送往内布拉斯加州一个空军基地的安全掩体。
后来，这架飞机还将前总统送往华盛顿特区，他在几小时后向全国发表了讲话。
据美国空军称，这架飞机还曾在1995年运送总统比尔·克林顿、吉米·卡特和老布什前往以色列，参加总理伊扎克·拉宾的葬礼。
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Electrical issue that grounded Trump’s flight raises questions about aging Air Force One aircraft
By Alexandra Skores
PUBLISHED Jan 21, 2026, 3:49 PM ET
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President Donald Trump gestures as he boarded Air Force One hoping to leave Washington for Switzerland on Tuesday in Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. The plane would ultimately turn back.
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The “electrical issue” aboard Air Force One Tuesday night that forced President Donald Trump’s Europe-bound plane to turn back is raising troubling questions about the age of the decades-old aircraft flying the president.
The Air Force has long been working to upgrade the aging fleet, and Trump has been pushing for changes to the Air Force One program dating back to his first term.
The plane that needed to turn back, a Boeing 747-200B, landed safely in Maryland just after 11 p.m. ET. It is a part of the Air Force’s VC-25A program that includes Air Force One. Trump was in a replacement aircraft roughly an hour later, en route to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
The plane turned back to Joint Base Andrews out of an abundance of caution, according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.
“This has to be one of the best maintained planes in the world,” said Mary Schiavo, CNN transportation analyst. “But there are things on every aircraft where when that warning light comes on you have to turn around and go back and address it.”
The plane in question was first deployed in 1991, according to the Air Force. It’s one of two Boeing planes commissioned to fly the president. Both are more than three decades old and have been long ridiculed by Trump, who wants new ones.
But it’s going to take some more time to get a new plane.
Boeing’s contract to replace two Air Force One jets had an original delivery date of 2022, but that has come and gone with no new plane.
Trump also has his donated Qatari jet in production, which he previously predicted could be ready for his usage by February, however there have been no indications that the plane is about to join the fleet.
Updates on new planes
Trump has long-awaited new planes for presidential use. There are a few different planes that are part of the discussion at this point in addition to the Qatari plane.
The Air Force announced in December it would purchase two additional Boeing jets from the German carrier Lufthansa to support its future presidential airlift program, with delivery dates slated for this year, indicating they’d be used mostly for training.
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Air Force One, with US President Donald Trump aboard is pictured from inside an Osprey aircraft, as he departs from Palm Beach International Airport, in West Palm Beach, Florida on January 19.
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At a price tag of $400 million, the Air Force said in a statement that it is “procuring two aircraft to support training and spares for the 747-8 fleet” as it prepares to replace the 747-200 models that currently serve as Air Force One in the coming years.
The first plane will be delivered early this year and the second is expected to be delivered before the end of 2026. If the Air Force were to add the planes to the presidential fleet, it will likely take significant time.
Refurbishments on commercial jets that don’t have the strict and complicated requirements of Air Force One can take weeks or months depending on how much work needs to be done and the age of the aircraft. For example, according to aviation website Simply Flying, certain maintenance checks involving the complete disassembly of a plane are done every six to 12 years. That comprehensive inspection typically takes between three to six weeks.
The main replacement option is two additional Boeing 747 planes that were initially intended to be commercial jets but are now being modified in San Antonio as part of the VC-25B program. According to the military, the new planes are expected to “serve as a flying White House for the next 30 years,” replacing the current two.
The new modifications to the 747-8 aircraft are expected to include electrical power upgrades, a mission communication system, a medical facility, executive interior and autonomous ground operations capabilities.
On December 12, the Air Force awarded a $15.5 million modification to its existing contract with Boeing for the VC-25B program. The award brings the face value of the contract to over $4.3 billion.
As of now, the first VC-25B aircraft is projected to be delivered in mid-2028, a timeline that would put the delivery just before the end of Trump’s second term.
Track record of presidential aircraft
Tuesday night’s incident is also not the first time one of the president’s aircraft has endured problems. This week’s incident was the second time in recent months Trump has been forced to turn to a backup aircraft.
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Things are unloaded from Air Force One after the plane, carrying President Donald Trump to the World Economic Form in Davos, experienced a minor electrical issue after departure, Tuesday, and returned to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.
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During a September visit to the United Kingdom, Trump and first lady Melania Trump safely boarded a support helicopter after the one they were traveling in experienced a hydraulic issue and was forced to land at a local airfield, Leavitt announced at the time.
To resume his trip to Switzerland, the president switched Tuesday to a Boeing C-32A, the US Air Force version of the twin-engine 757 jetliner, often used by the first lady or Cabinet members. The Air Force has four C-32s in its fleet.
The plane that turned the president around Tuesday has a storied history.
On September 11, 2001, former President George W. Bush was interrupted during an event at a Florida elementary school after the attack on the World Trade Center South Tower in New York City and was hurried to the plane. It flew the president to an Air Force base near Shreveport, Louisiana, according to the Miller Center at the University of Virginia, then to a secure bunker on an Air Force base in Nebraska.
It later transported the former president to Washington, DC, where he addressed the nation hours later.
It also once flew Presidents Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter and George H.W. Bush to Israel for the funeral of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995, according to the Air Force.
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