re: #369 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀

Trump complained about the AF1 project when it was set to cost $4 billion.

Boeing managed to find 2 747-8 planes that were already built and negotiated a deal with USAF to buy ‘em at discount. That’s where all the savings is coming from.

USAF lucked into this because a Russian airline went bankrupt and the planes were never delivered to the airline. Boeing had them in storage and the company will now use the airframe as basis for the new AF1s.

The savings is that they’re able to build out the planes sooner.

Trump had absolutely nothing to do with wringing out any savings here.

It was luck that Boeing had the planes on hand.