The United States has accepted a luxury Boeing 747 jetliner as a gift from Qatar and the Air Force has been asked to find a way to rapidly upgrade it for use as a new Air Force One to transport President Donald Trump,

Making a Qatar-gifted Boeing 747 secure enough to serve as a presidential aircraft will require "significant modifications," Air Force Secretary Troy Meink told lawmakers Tuesday. Meink said in a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing that the Air Force is now looking at what it will take to adapt the 747 aircraft,

The Trump administration has formally accepted a Boeing 747 jet that was gifted by the government of Qatar, the Pentagon said.