An Air Force official told Air and Space Forces magazine that the service is coordinated with the White House and Boeing “to further define the requirements and acceleration options while ensuring us to provide a safe, secure and reliable plane for the president”.
Trump previously expressed his frustration at the idea of receiving the new Air Force generation, suggesting earlier this year that he could seek “alternatives, because it takes too long Boeing”.
Despite the counterou, the president doubled his proposal to use the Qatari jet as Air Force One, claiming that he did not plan to use it after his mandate and would donate him to a future presidential library.
“I could be a stupid person and say,” No, we don’t want a free and very expensive plane, “Trump told journalists on Monday.
Although free, there is still a major cost for the revision and modernization of the plane with the strict safety requirements necessary to serve as Air One Force.
“With the obvious ethical and legal problems, a luxury jet gifted with $ 400 million is not Air Force One,” wrote the American representative Joe Courtney of Connecticut on X. “The renovation of an Qatar plane would create enormous costs and a safety nightmare that would hinder the work in progress to deliver actual AF1 by 2027.”
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