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New Air Force One jets and hangars to cost 33% more than expected, Pentagon says [View all]
Source: New York Daily News
New Air Force One jets and hangars to cost 33% more than expected, Pentagon says
By DAVID MATTHEWS
| NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
MAR 18, 2019 | 10:00 PM
Purchasing and outfitting two Boeing 747-style jets for the new Air Force One fleet will cost ,35% more than previously estimated, the Pentagon says in documents reported Monday.
The project is now estimated to cost $5.3 billion, the Pentagon’s fiscal 2020 budget proposal says. That’s $1.4 billion more than President Trump has claimed the program will cost, Defense One reported.
Air Force officials have long believed privately that Trump’s estimate of the project’s cost was too low, Defense One said.
Two Boeing 747 jets — originally purchased by but never delivered to a now-defunct Russian airline — are parked at an aircraft boneyard in the Mojave Desert awaiting conversion into presidential jets.
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By DAVID MATTHEWS
| NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
MAR 18, 2019 | 10:00 PM
Purchasing and outfitting two Boeing 747-style jets for the new Air Force One fleet will cost ,35% more than previously estimated, the Pentagon says in documents reported Monday.
The project is now estimated to cost $5.3 billion, the Pentagon’s fiscal 2020 budget proposal says. That’s $1.4 billion more than President Trump has claimed the program will cost, Defense One reported.
Air Force officials have long believed privately that Trump’s estimate of the project’s cost was too low, Defense One said.
Two Boeing 747 jets — originally purchased by but never delivered to a now-defunct Russian airline — are parked at an aircraft boneyard in the Mojave Desert awaiting conversion into presidential jets.
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Read more: https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-news-pentagon-bumps-up-air-force-one-costs-20190318-story.html
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