Boeing just flew its first COVID-19 airlift mission with a huge private jet instead of the massive oversized cargo plane Trump touted

• Boeing flew its first flew in the COVID-19 airlift on Saturday to deliver masks to New Hampshire.
• The manufacturer donated a company private jet based on a 737 airliner to fly from China with over 540,000 masks onboard.
• The three Boeing 747-400LCF Dreamlifter cargo planes have not yet performed a mission despite their donation to the government being announced by President Donald Trump on March 27.
• Another Boeing jet, the ecoDemonstrator, will be joining the airlift, the aerospace giant announced.
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Boeing has officially joined the multi-national airlift mobilized in response to the continued spread of COVID-19.

The American aerospace manufacturer announced on Saturday that it flew its first flight as a member on Saturday, flying medical masks from China to New Hampshire.

For this special flight, Boeing used a jet from its own corporate fleet, a Boeing Business Jet modeled on the 737-700 airliner, also known as a BBJ 1. The jet primarily flies around Boeing executives.

Working in conjunction with the DEKA Research and Development Corporation and its founder Dean Kamen, over 500,000 masks were flown on the private jet, with Boeing donating the cost.

Boeing also announced that in addition to the BBJ 1, another jet would be added to the company's contribution to the airlift, a Boeing 777-200 ecoDemonstrator that was created to test new technologies to make air travel more efficient.

Take a look at Boeing's first flight as a COVID-19 airlift participator.