Posted on 06/10/2022 9:22:20 PM PDT by American Number 181269513
The Biden administration will scrap a paint scheme for Air Force One proposed by former President Donald Trump, after the Air Force determined the design would create too much heat for the presidential aircraft, a U.S. official said on Friday.
The current exterior color scheme on the presidential aircraft, known as Air Force One when the president is on board, is white with two shades of blue and dates back to President John F. Kennedy's administration.
Trump, who left office in January 2021, wanted to change it to red, white and blue.
"The Trump paint scheme is not being considered because it could drive additional engineering, time and cost," an administration official said on condition of anonymity.
The Air Force did not immediately comment.
A spokesman for Trump, Taylor Budowich, criticized the decision and said, "it's no surprise (Biden) wants to remove the beautiful red, white, and blue design for Air Force One."
On Wednesday, an Air Force spokeswoman said darker colors, among other factors, on the underside of Air Force One "might contribute to temperatures exceeding the current qualification limits of a small number of components."
In 2018, Boeing Co (BA.N) received a $3.9 billion contract to build two 747-8 aircraft for use as Air Force One by the U.S. president, due to be delivered by December 2024. Boeing is heavily modifying a pair of 747s for the project.
The Pentagon said this year that the planes are not likely to be delivered until 2026.
A Boeing spokesperson said it was making progress, "while navigating through some challenges."
The Boeing 747-8s are designed to be an airborne White House able to fly in worst-case security scenarios, such as nuclear war, and are modified with military avionics, advanced communications and a self-defense system.
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I’m trying not to make too much out of this.
On a smaller scale, almost every time a new Police Chief takss command s/he changes the patches and the cars.
So the CIC does the same.
Meet the new Sheriff.
(Think Mel Brooks!)
Too patriotic for these Communists.
I figured they might go for a rainbow motif.
Trumps color scheme looks more presidential for an American leader.
They’re trying to ‘disappear’ Trump from history.
(That said, I still like the old blue-and-white.)
That bastard Biden did this out of spite. He does everything out of spite for America and rejects what is good for America.
Not to mention that this is an engineering change to the current development contract. That will cost a lot of bucks! But then, this administration does not care about costs because they print money wildly.
It is a beautiful color scheme. But Biden rejected it out of spite.
Biden is just a douche
Yup. It's the kind of thing spoiled children do, a hallmark of the Left.
Spiteful & vindictive. It's the 0baᵐa M.O.
I’m just glad Biden isn’t painting it gay.
The current blue scheme reminds me of UN colors
Biden is the result of an enema.
I’m calling BS.
This is just a lame excuse for hating a Trump thing.
Yep, it’s that simple. Erase Trump completely and don’t stop until he is eliminated.
There is precedent. Around 1350 BC, Pharaoh Amenhotep IV decided that all the gods of Ancient Egypt were a lie, except for one: the sun God Aten. He build a new capital for him in the desert 200 miles south of Cairo, and changed his name to Pharaoh Akhenaten (“Of great use to Aten”). Pharaoh Akhenaten, and almost all evidence of him, his wife Nefertiti and the monotheistic religion they introduced to Ancient Egypt was deliberately erased from history.
That’s exactly what Biden and the Deep State want to do to Trump after he attacked “The Swamp.”
Im betting Biden will have his official portrait in the WH before Donald will.
Yes
Biden is just jealous that Trump was successful before he was president. Who even knew who Biden was before he was Obama’s running mate? Only if you from Delaware or political junkies like us.
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