Originally Posted by
chevvron
Does he?
Is that why he wants to cancel the order for 2 new build 747s for AF1 duites which were ordered during the Obama era?
For the record, Boeing received a contract from USAF to purchase two "white tail" 747-8I originally built for a Russian company. So the next Air Force Ones will have started out as Russian aircraft. USAF got a really sweet deal on the planes. But the real money is not in building the airframes. The real money will be in modifying them. Boeing is almost certainly going to get that deal. And hopefully it'll happen here in San Antonio. That's where the current VC-25s and E-4s undergo depot maintenance/mod.