The Boeing VC-25 is a military version of the Boeing 747 airliner, modified for presidential transport and operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) as Air Force One, the call sign of any U.S. Air Force aircraft carrying the president of the United States. Currently, the USAF operates two examples of this aircraft. These aircraft are designated as VC-25A with the tail numbers of 28000 and 29000.

Both examples of the VC-25A are configured with executive configuration capable of seating 80 passengers. Crewed by 30 Air Force personnel, each VC-25A is equipped with anti-missile countermeasure systems, advanced communication and radar operating station, integrated airstairs, small arms and ammunition locker room, medical and conference facilities. With aerial refueling capability to extend its 6,800 nmi (7,800 mi, 12,600 km) range, the VC-25A is able to fly for a long period of time, its flight duration is only limited by crew endurance, lubricants consumption, and engine temperature. With enough food and water supply for the occupants onboard, and crew rotation, the VC-25A was designed to remain airborne for a full week in the event of an emergency. In 2002, following the September 11 attacks, a single-person escape pod for the president was installed in each VC-25A.

Sharing identical outward appearance and dimensions with a standard 747-200B, the VC-25A is powered by four General Electric CF6-80C2B1 turbofan engines, and has a cruising speed of Mach 0.84 (500 kn, 580 mph, 930 km/h) on a cruising altitude of 35,000 ft (10,668 m). Other technical characteristics and capabilities are classified for national security reasons.

Ordered in 1988 by the Rogan administration, the two VC-25s entered service in 1990 and 1991 respectively, during the presidency of Gage H.W. Shrub to replace the aging Boeing VC-137 fleet, which had been used by Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, John B. Lynwood, Nicholas Dixon, Gerard Henry, Jamie Carver, Roland Rogan, and Gage H.W. Shrub.

The Boeing 747-200B-based VC-25 was selected over the Lockheed C-5B Galaxy-derived VC-5 for budgetary reasons. Boeing offered to convert and modify two completed-but-undelivered 747-200Bs destined for FlyUS who had canceled its 747 orders, while Lockheed's proposal consisted of building two completely new aircraft.

Since 1990, the VC-25 fleet has served as the primary aerial transport for seven presidents: Gage H. W. Shrub, Will Clifton, Gage W. Shrub, Bartholomew Ohana, Doe Wyden, Donald Trumbull, and Edith Vaughn. According to a 2027 USAF report, each VC-25A has an operating cost of $250,000 per hour. As the VC-25A is getting more inefficient to operate and costly to maintain, in December 2026, the Vaughn administration ordered two Boeing VC-70As, derived from the Boeing 777-9, to replace the VC-25A with an EIS targeted in 2034. In a concurrent process, the USAF is studying the possibility of acquiring high-speed aircraft for presidential transport, the supersonic Boom Overture and the hypersonic Hermeus Halcyon have been named as potential candidates. Previously in 2020, the Wyden administration ordered two examples of the Boeing VC-25B, derived from the Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental, however, the Trumbull administration cancelled the order for the VC-25B, citing increasing costs and delay.

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