What you aren’t seeing is the maintenance for an executive travel model is far less than that of an AF1 ready model. The executive models won’t have the same loadout. We’d just be paying to maintain the older models kept in service for that now. Bottom line is taxpayers aren’t being fucked because of the Qatari aircraft, it’s because Boeing failed to meet the established deadline for the new VC-25Bs. And contrary to misinformation spread over social media, Trump will never take ownership of the Qatari plane.
They always keep a minimum of two operational aircraft to serve as AF1. The two currently in service are 36 years old. They will be keeping one of the VC-25As mission ready, the other will sit. Without the VC-25B we’d be spending many billions to maintain the legacy models. It’s not political, it’s simple math.
@RickeyGirouard@AdamKinzinger The current AF1 aircraft need extensive maintenance work, which is why the Boeing deadline was last year. We’d be spending the money either way to bridge the gap between now and the anticipated 2028 delivery from Boeing.
@ChaosandChange@CNN He can’t keep the plane, it’s property of the U.S. Air Force. But you already know that, so why let the truth ruin a good story, amirite?
@FavazzoDom63444@usairforce@DeptofWar Well, considering Boeing accepted $4B dollars of taxpayer money for two new AF1 planes to be delivered by 2025 and now won’t be delivered until at least 2028, I’d say this is a fortuitous opportunity.
@Megan_Lzs@_StephanieMyers Reminder, we paid Boeing $4B for two new AF1s, that were supposed to be delivered in 2025 but now won’t be delivered until 2028.
@EricLDaugh@ClayStranger82 He might have struggled to get up there, but when it was time, he held the line. That man was tougher at age 19 than any Gen X will ever be.