Every one of those 2 sits in a single category, regulation. Air Force One is most often covered alongside David McCraw, which appears in 2 of these 2 stories. Each story carries 8 original sources on average, compared with 5.5 for the broader beat in this window.
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What the coverage shows about Air Force One
Every one of those 2 sits in a single category, regulation. Air Force One is most often covered alongside David McCraw, which appears in 2 of these 2 stories. Each story carries 8 original sources on average, compared with 5.5 for the broader beat in this window. Their average consequence score of 6.5 sits level with the 6.5 recorded across the beat in that window. This profile follows 2 Legal stories mentioning Air Force One across the period from July 11, 2026 to July 12, 2026.
Stories tracked
2
Sources per story
8
Computed from the 2 stories linked to this entity, with beat comparisons drawn from all 50 Legal stories published in the same date window. Shares are omitted below five stories and comparisons below a twenty-story baseline.
Coverage cohort
Appears alongside
Other entities that clear the same relevance threshold in stories also covering Air Force One. Shared-story counts are live from our verified record — not editorial picks.
Journalists are ordered to testify before a federal grand jury in Manhattan concerning an alleged violation of criminal law.
Reporters scheduled to testify
The reporters are required to appear before a federal grand jury in Manhattan to testify about their confidential sources for the Air Force One security story.
White House meeting and subpoena issuance
FBI Director Kash Patel and DOJ officials discuss the leaked information; later that day U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton issues subpoenas to four NYT journalists, with agents delivering them to homes.
Grand jury subpoenas issued
Federal grand jury subpoenas are issued for several NYT reporters. Federal agents deliver some subpoenas directly to the reporters' homes.
NYT publishes security concerns about new Air Force One
Reporters reveal potential vulnerabilities in the new aircraft’s systems following the $400 million U.S.-funded retrofit.
Iran ceasefire collapses; U.S. strikes Iran
A shaky ceasefire with Iran collapses; the U.S. launches airstrikes, and Iran attacks three Gulf Arab states.
Mid-trip plane swap at RAF Mildenhall
Trump departs Turkey on an older Air Force One model. After a stop in England, he switches back to the new plane for the final leg home. The Secret Service reportedly urged the swap due to the new plane's lack of antimissile capabilities.
Trump uses older Air Force One to depart NATO summit
President Trump leaves Ankara on an older-model VC-25A instead of the newly retrofitted Qatari-gifted 747-8, citing threats from Iran.
Trump flies new jet to NATO summit
President Trump flies the new Air Force One to the NATO summit in Turkey.
New Air Force One enters service
The Qatar-donated jet, after a $400 million retrofit, officially enters service for presidential transport.
A federal grand jury has subpoenaed New York Times journalists to testify about confidential sources for a story revealing that the President's new Qatar-donated jet lacked missile defenses. The case pits the government's leak investigation against First Amendment reporter's privilege, testing revised DOJ media guidelines and judicial protections.
The Trump administration’s grand jury subpoenas to four New York Times journalists mark a pivotal constitutional test of reporter’s privilege and press freedom under the First Amendment. The unprecedented home delivery of subpoenas and the involvement of a DNI nominee as prosecutor raise serious due process and conflict-of-interest concerns.