During the July NATO Leaders' Summit in Ankara, President Trump declined to return aboard a presidential aircraft gifted by Qatar last year and instead flew an older Air Force One while sending the newer plane empty to Mildenhall Air Force Base in England. The itinerary included a United Kingdom stop before Washington, with the press pool accompanying the travel. Reporting from Al-Monitor and the New York Times describes the sequence as involving a secret flight element and notes the Qatari aircraft lacks certain safety features.