Rendering of what the VC-25Bs will look like once modified. Boeing
Defense One: Lawmakers Want the Final Say on Air Force One Paint Job
A House panel has drafted legislation that would require congressional approval if Trump wants to change the Kennedy-era livery.
Some U.S. lawmakers want the final say if President Trump decides to change Air Force One’s paint job from the blue-and-white livery that has adorned presidential planes for more than a half century.
Last year, Trump told CBS News that he wants to paint the new planes “red, white and blue, which I think is appropriate.”
But the House Armed Services seapower and projection forces subcommittee — in its review of the Pentagon’s 2020 budget request — has drafted legislation that would require the plane’s paint job to “comply with the criteria set forth in a report of the Boeing Company titled ‘‘Phase II Aircraft Livery and Paint Study Final Report’ as submitted to the Federal Government in April 2017.”
What’s in that report? Boeing declined to comment.
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WNU Editor: Putting some red would make the plane look far more "cooler".
