- President Joe Biden plans to stick with tradition and adopt a blue and white Air Force One.
- The news comes years after former President Donald Trump proposed a color change.
- Trump’s changes would have brought more heat to critical plane parts, the Air Force said.
President Joe Biden has decided that Air Force One will have a similar blue and white livery design to its predecessor, the Air Force announced Friday.
One of the main differences between these modified Boeing 747s, known as the VC-25B, is that they feature a “slightly deeper, more modern tone” of blue than the robin’s egg blue used by the former president. is to Statement from the Air Force.
Additionally, the engine will also use a darker blue color and the plane will have no polished metal parts.
Thousands of people stand on the Topeka Airport tarmac as the new US Air Force One Presidential Jet taxis in Topeka, Kansas, Thursday, September 6, 1990. A Boeing 747, assembled in Kansas, made its maiden voyage with the President. George Bush will be on board as he travels to the Midwest for a political fundraising event.
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There are two new planes, but the one that carried the president at the time bears the Air Force One callsign. President’s Airplane Exchange Program To replace the current fleet, which is facing the end of its 30-year plan life cycle, according to the Defense Technical Information Center.
The first new aircraft is due in 2027 and the second in 2028.
The news comes after his predecessor, President Donald Trump, proposed in 2019 that all new presidential planes be a white-and-navy color scheme with a red stripe down the middle.
WASHINGTON DC – JUNE 20: A model of the proposed paint scheme for the next generation Air Force One is seen during a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the Oval Office of the White House on June 20. It is on display. 2019 Washington DC. The two leaders were expected to discuss a trade deal between the United States, Canada and Mexico.
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Trump: ‘I like the concept of red, white and blue’ said in 2019“Baby blue doesn’t suit us.”
The design was rejected after a thermal study found the new design would lead to additional quality testing by the Federal Aviation Administration due to additional heat from the dark blue underside of the proposed plane, an Air Force statement said. it was done.
Shortly after Biden took office on January 20, 2021, then-White House press secretary Jen Saki told reporters that Biden “hasn’t given any thought” to Air Force One’s colors.
Air Force One, the presidential plane of the United States, taking off in June 1968.
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The original blue and white color scheme, sometimes called “Jackie Kennedy Blue” First chosen by President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jackie Kennedy, the color has become a mainstay of Air Force One.The design itself was created by industrial designer Raymond Loewy.
Since then, every Air Force One has kept the tradition, featuring a blue and white design.
In this October 27, 1988 file photo, President Ronald Reagan addresses supporters on the podium at an airport rally for Presidential Candidate George HW Bush, Vice President, in Springfield, Missouri.
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As noted by the Associated Press, the current plane first carried President George H.W. Bush.
