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Omaha Steve

(108,807 posts) Wed Feb 18, 2026, 10:37 PM 11 hrs ago

Air Force One will be painted red, white and blue as Trump has hinted, US military says

Source: AP

By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN
Updated 5:55 PM CST, February 18, 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — A red, white and blue color scheme championed by President Donald Trump will become the new look for Air Force One, the U.S. military said Thursday.

The Air Force said a “red, white, gold and dark blue paint scheme” will be used for the updated jet that is slated to serve as Air Force One as well as other, smaller jets that routinely fly other top government officials.

The military released a rendering of the new look that matches an airplane model that has been seen in the Oval Office for meetings with foreign leaders.

Boeing is in the process of modifying two of its 747-800 aircraft that are slated to replace the existing fleet of two aging Boeing 747-200 aircraft that the president currently uses and that take on the Air Force One call sign when the president is aboard.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/air-force-one-trump-red-white-blue-5315ca602a5f2763fdd5601405fc18f2

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Air Force One will be painted red, white and blue as Trump has hinted, US military says (Original Post) Omaha Steve 11 hrs ago OP

And gold. RandySF 11 hrs ago #1

JFC is there ANYTHING that he can't fuck up and make into tacky shit? CurtEastPoint 11 hrs ago #2

Short answer - no. 3catwoman3 10 hrs ago #7

And more gold LSparkle 11 hrs ago #3

What's next..... Lovie777 11 hrs ago #4

Something else for the next president to put on her/his "fix" list dflprincess 11 hrs ago #5

"The coloring was almost identical to the exterior of Trump's personal plane." Well, of course. 3catwoman3 11 hrs ago #6

These assholes have straight ruined patriotic imagery for me. Initech 10 hrs ago #8

Should be painted in Trump's favorite colors..... yellow. cstanleytech 10 hrs ago #9

The Racist-In-Chief sure has a thing about Red White & Blue, including his costume. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 9 hrs ago #10

When I lived in Northern VA tonekat 9 hrs ago #11

They should rename it... Woodycall 8 hrs ago #12

I'm not buying this. I think it's propaganda JohnnyRingo 1 hr ago #13

Which makes it even more visible in the air. OldBaldy1701E 47 min ago #14

RandySF

(82,640 posts)

1. And gold.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Wed Feb 18, 2026, 10:39 PM

11 hrs ago

CurtEastPoint

(19,933 posts)

2. JFC is there ANYTHING that he can't fuck up and make into tacky shit?

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Wed Feb 18, 2026, 10:43 PM

11 hrs ago

3catwoman3

(29,050 posts)

7. Short answer - no.

Reply to CurtEastPoint (Reply #2)

Wed Feb 18, 2026, 10:53 PM

10 hrs ago

LSparkle

(12,154 posts)

3. And more gold

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Wed Feb 18, 2026, 10:45 PM

11 hrs ago

And don’t forget the gold

Fugly gold like its face.

Lovie777

(22,404 posts)

4. What's next.....

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Wed Feb 18, 2026, 10:46 PM

11 hrs ago

change the USA flag colors as well.

dflprincess

(29,264 posts)

5. Something else for the next president to put on her/his "fix" list

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Wed Feb 18, 2026, 10:47 PM

11 hrs ago

Boeing needs to keep dragging its feet on this. With a little luck the painting will not have started in January 2029.

3catwoman3

(29,050 posts)

6. "The coloring was almost identical to the exterior of Trump's personal plane." Well, of course.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Wed Feb 18, 2026, 10:52 PM

11 hrs ago

From an AP article.

And, of course, gold. His taste sucks.

Initech

(108,191 posts)

8. These assholes have straight ruined patriotic imagery for me.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Wed Feb 18, 2026, 11:01 PM

10 hrs ago

cstanleytech

(28,333 posts)

9. Should be painted in Trump's favorite colors..... yellow.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Wed Feb 18, 2026, 11:24 PM

10 hrs ago

RedWhiteBlueIsRacist

(1,963 posts)

10. The Racist-In-Chief sure has a thing about Red White & Blue, including his costume.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Thu Feb 19, 2026, 12:01 AM

9 hrs ago

tonekat

(2,487 posts)

11. When I lived in Northern VA

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Thu Feb 19, 2026, 12:41 AM

9 hrs ago

Every once in awhile, AF One would go over, and it's actually hard to make out because it blends in with the sky so well, no doubt an intentional design.

Anything trump does will make it more obvious to enemies. Plus I saw something in another thread about the darker colors affecting the avionics systems?

Woodycall

(599 posts)

12. They should rename it...

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Thu Feb 19, 2026, 01:03 AM

8 hrs ago

The "Perineum Falcon" in honor of the miscreant in chief...

JohnnyRingo

(20,699 posts)

13. I'm not buying this. I think it's propaganda

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Thu Feb 19, 2026, 08:28 AM

1 hr ago

The new AF-1 still isn't scheduled to be completed until mid- 2028 or 2029. Two or three years from now., so we don't know who will be in charge then.
This is probably Pentagon Pete giving a news release that pleases his boss, and news agencies offering up recycled clickbait headlines.

I'm going to worry about more dire events for now.

OldBaldy1701E

(10,799 posts)

14. Which makes it even more visible in the air.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Thu Feb 19, 2026, 09:05 AM

47 min ago

So, go for it, Dear Leader!

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