politics
Trump secretly switched to different plane in Turkey amid Iran missile threat
August 11, 2026 / 1:52 AM EDT / CBS News
TL;DR
- President Trump reportedly switched planes in Turkey to avoid an Iranian missile threat.
- A U.S. official confirmed a plot to fire a missile at the president's plane as he left Ankara.
- Trump had expressed awareness of the risks, calling himself Iran's 'number one target'.
- The switch involved using a catering truck to move President Trump to a different U.S. government plane.
- The press and some staff were unknowingly on the original Air Force One, which served as a decoy.
- Trump later switched back to the newer Air Force One in the United Kingdom.
- Officials expressed frustration over the leak of classified security tactics.
- The new Air Force One is described as state-of-the-art with high-level security protocols.