Trump so much wants a new Air Force One that repairs a Qatari plane
President Donald Trump’s patience to Boeing to provide the White House with a new aircraft, a new Air Force One is exhausted. He has assigned a company working in the defense sector to update a temporary presidential aircraft by the end of the year.
In fact, Boeing – although working on two Air Force One Reserve Airplanes, they have swallowed billions of dollars – it is so lagging that Trump will not be able to use them in his last term, Wall Street Journal reported.
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The US government has assigned the Melbourne -based Florida, L3harris (2019 association between the L3 Technologies and Harris Corp.) to major overhaul of the Boeing 747 used by the Qatari government. The company equipped the aircraft with certain specialized systems to turn it into a presidential aircraft, some sources said.
Air Force One is one of the most complex and expensive flying systems in the world because it also serves as a command center for the commander-in-chief of the US Army, as well as a sufficiently protected place in the event of a major crisis.
Trump wanted to inform him constantly how the project was going and expected the renovation to be completed in the fall.
During his first term (2017-2021), Trump ordered two new presidential planes to replace the two outdated and Boeing won the $ 3.9 billion contract and at one point was expected to be ready in 2024. The current couple known as the VC-25a aircraft and called the Air Fort when the Air Fort (1989 – 1993) and increasingly require complex maintenance, which potentially limits the opportunities for the transport of the president during overseas missions. One of the planes is currently in the review and repair procedure. The US Air Force has long been demanding a third plane to serve as a reserve.
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Around the November elections, Boeing representatives have told the federal authorities that they will not be able to deliver new aircraft for about a decade – up to about 2035.
During the administration of Biden Frank Kendall, the then US Air Force Secretary was considering terminating Boeing’s contract for the project. In an interview with Wall Street Journal this week, Kendall said he was open to the idea of considering whether he may need to work with the European Airbus aircraft or select a two -speed jet airplane instead of the four -motor 747 they use.
