The expense of operating the president's aircraft at an hourly rate is disputed, but appears to be between $177,843 and $206,337 per hour.

President Donald Trump said Elon Musk would be checking out Fort Knox to make sure the gold is still there. WASHINGTON — While flying back to Washington aboard Air Force One on Wednesday night, a reporter asked President Donald Trump whether Elon Musk would pursue budget cuts at the Pentagon.

A month before Donald Trump took office, tech mogul Elon Musk flew to Port San Antonio to meet with Boeing’s CEO about Air Force One.

Kelly Ortberg, the CEO of Boeing, said he is working with the DOGE team to speed up delivery.

Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg on Thursday said Elon Musk, the head of its space business rival SpaceX, is "helping us a lot" in navigating through delays in delivering Boeing's Air Force One presidential jet.

Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg said at an analyst conference that SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is helping Boeing address issues that have delayed delivery of the new Air Force One jets.

"He’s able to pretty quickly ascertain the difference between technical requirements and things that we can move out of the way," Kelly Ortberg said.

Boeing Co.’s chief executive officer said Elon Musk and his DOGE team are helping the planemaker work through bottlenecks that have caused the next fleet of Air Force One jets to fall years behind schedule.

Donald Trump is bringing in Elon Musk to speed up Boeing's lagging construction of two new Air Force One jets.

President Donald Trump has expressed frustration about delays of the specially-outfitted pair of 747s that will serve as the next Air Force One aircraft. Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg has said the company is working with Trump's advisor Elon Musk to deliver the aircraft faster.

Boeing's CEO said Elon Musk is helping the planemaker work through bottlenecks that have caused Air Force One jets to fall years behind schedule.

A furious President Donald Trump has deputized Elon Musk to badger Boeing into delivering two new Air Force One jets—a project that has been been derailed by PR nightmares and technical issues, according to a report.