Moderators: richierich, ua900, PanAm_DC10, hOMSaR
"Purchasing these aircraft is a huge step toward replacing the aging VC-25As," said Maj. Gen. Duke Richardson, the Presidential Airlift Recapitalization program executive officer. "This award keeps us on track to modify and test the aircraft to become presidential mission-ready by 2024."
Miami wrote:No Russian?
Boeing spokeswoman Caroline Hutcheson said in a statement that the two commercial planes were sold to the Air Force “at a substantial discount from the company’s existing inventory.”
Channex757 wrote:Cutback too. They initially wanted three.
Dutchy wrote:Mind boggling, the new VC-25B's will be 8 years old by the time it will be mission ready. You got to love those government procedures. Why do something in 2 years, if we can take 7 years to do the same task.
Max Q wrote:Anything to do with russia is loved by chump !
