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2025-05-04 -Short Attention Span Theater-

See inside Trump's magnificent new Air Force One jet... acquired from an unlikely source after Boeing failed

[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] President Donald Trump is so desperate for a new Air Force One jet that he asked a Florida-based company to overhaul a plane once used by the Qatari government.

The moves comes amid years-long delays in the provision of two replacements for the aging presidential planes that the president commissioned during his last time in office.

After becoming frustrated at Boeing's apparently inability to deliver the order Trump wants L3Harris, a defense contractor, to transform the luxury aircraft previously used by Qatar by the fall, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Back in February, Trump traveled to Palm Beach International Airport and toured the plane on the tarmac.

Based on pictures of interior, which boasted leather furniture along with glimmering floors and ceilings, it matched perfectly with Trump's famously opulent taste in décor.

Its a major setback for Boeing, which had been tapped during Trump's first term to deliver a new pair of state-of-the-art planes to replace the old ones that have been in service since George H.W. Bush administration.

Boeing has fallen so behind on the $3.9 billion project that it now fears it won't be able to finish building the planes before Trump leaves office. They were supposed to be finished last year, but a series of supplier and engineering snags has caused the project to take years and go billions over budget.

Behind the scenes it appears Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg's visit to the White House on April 18 did nothing to smooth things over.

Posted by Skidmark 2025-05-04 00:42|| || Front Page|| [267 views ] Top

#1

Over done and an easy target.

Posted by NN2N1 2025-05-04 07:07|| 2025-05-04 07:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Hmm....did they EMP proof the electronics?

Posted by Procopius2k 2025-05-04 07:48|| 2025-05-04 07:48|| Front Page Top

#3 #2 Hmm....did they EMP proof the electronics?
Posted by: Procopius2k 2025-05-04 07:48

P2K,

My understanding is that the electronics have been the biggest issue - basically having to rewire the complete airframe, which is something normally done during construction, and a long difficult process at best one the plane's assembled. That's complicated by the requirements of an EMP resistant ( not -proof, nothing can be) airframe.

Boeing has built the most EMP-resistant airframes ever, the E-4 Nightwatch and the current Air Force Ones. They are, however, incapable of doing so now.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2025-05-04 08:48|| 2025-05-04 08:48|| Front Page Top

#4 L3 has a long history of rebuilding airframes, from rivets to wing boxes.

Posted by Skidmark 2025-05-04 10:21|| 2025-05-04 10:21|| Front Page Top

#5 Hence the reason Sierra Nevada Corporation was selected develop the E-4C Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC)

Posted by TZSenator 2025-05-04 10:26|| 2025-05-04 10:26|| Front Page Top

#6 Izzat a 747 or an Airbus?

Posted by Bobby 2025-05-04 11:11|| 2025-05-04 11:11|| Front Page Top

#7 ^ Ex KAL 747-8s. The conversion work is being completed in Dayton, Ohio.

Posted by TZSenator 2025-05-04 11:49|| 2025-05-04 11:49|| Front Page Top

#8 Skip that 747 crap. Trump and the US need two B1-Bs converted for AF1.

Posted by Hellfish 2025-05-04 21:55|| 2025-05-04 21:55|| Front Page Top

#9 Arrives a +Mach 1. Can bomb foes on the way. Already has secure radios and is EMP resistant.

Win. Win. Win.

Posted by Hellfish 2025-05-04 21:57|| 2025-05-04 21:57|| Front Page Top

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