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The US Air Force announced plans Tuesday to purchase two Boeing 747-8 aircraft to support its future presidential airlift program, with an Air Force official confirming it would acquire the planes from German carrier Lufthansa. At a price tag of $400 ...
Boeing and the U.S. Air Force now expect delivery of the next Air Force One in mid-2028, a delay from the previous official schedule but earlier than the most recent expectation.
The Air Force pushed back the estimated delivery date for the first of two new Air Force One jets by another year to mid-2028, giving Boeing Co. even less wiggle room to meet President Donald Trump’s demand to get plane by the end of his term.
The delivery of a new Boeing jet to be used by the US president, famously known as Air Force One, has been delayed once again by at least a year.
The new date—which is earlier than the “2028 or 2029” timeframe given earlier this year—emerged as an Air Force spokesperson confirmed to Defense One on Friday that the service would be giving Boeing an extra $15.5 million to upgrade the communications systems for the two VC-25Bs.
President Trump’s Air Force One delivery has slipped behind schedule again after the US Air Force admitted that the project would be delayed by another year.
The U.S. Air Force has delayed the expected delivery of the first of two new Air Force One jets by another year to mid-2028, Bloomberg News reported on Friday.
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Hilarious moment Trump interrupted by Air Force One bathroom door swinging open: ‘Come on out!’
President Trump was interrupted by someone attempting to exit the bathroom as he chided a reporter for carelessly brandishing their boom microphone aboard Air Force One. “You’re gonna have to take it easy with that thing. You know, it’s a government plane, but I like to take care of it,” Trump said.
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