# Air Force One

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## Timeline

- **2026-07-08**: NATO summit aircraft swap — Most detailed warning — a possible shoulder-launched missile strike on Air Force One — arrives ahead of the NATO summit in Ankara. Secret Service swaps Trump to a different aircraft for departure.
- **2026-02**: Warnings intensify — Israeli warnings intensify prior to the US decision to go to war in Iran in February 2026.
- **2025-06**: Israeli warnings begin — Israeli tips about Iran plots to assassinate Trump begin in the lead-up to the 12-day war in June 2025.
- **2020-01-03**: Soleimani killed — US drone strike ordered by Trump kills Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani, establishing Iran's long-standing retaliatory motive against Trump.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### Air Force One Swapped July 8 as US Fails to Verify 3 Iran Plot Warnings
2026-08-14 08:07:08 · Sentiment: Negative · Impact: 6/10 · Sources: 3

Unverified Israeli intelligence about Iranian assassination plots against Trump — including a possible shoulder-launched missile attack on Air Force One — forced a last-minute aircraft swap at Ankara's July 8 NATO summit. US and Turkish agencies found no corroborating evidence, raising questions about intelligence reliability and the vulnerability of executive airlift to MANPADS threats.
Full story: https://getspacebrief.com/story/air-force-one-swapped-july-8-us-fails-verify-iran-plots

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