What The New Air Force One Will Look Like [Roundup]

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  1. “Can’t imagine why I’d want to rent from Avis there.” So Hertz won’t have you arrested?

  2. A nice summary of some of the everyday outrages the United States perpetrates against its citizens. Massive tax theft to fund a completely unnecessary Air Force 1 boondoggle, so grandiose that even Boeing hadn’t been able to properly comprehend its largesse and no monarch would dare to flaunt – a flying middle finger to the people who paid for it – and the autistes at TSA lecturing their captive betters about how to behave so that they can enjoy the favor of air travel.

  3. Sad!
    I LOVE Delta’s plum (not purple) uniforms.

    Not sure why you have to change the color of a garment when the problem was the garment itself.

  4. It doesn’t matter who is president, AF 1 would be constructed (actually 2 of them). The last two were just as interested in getting new ones. Symbolic of an over extended empire…roughly early 4th century Rome when things were beginning to unravel economically, people had given up on the idea of participating in the national government as the emperors were more nakedly holding power and the military was eating up more and more of the entire budget as things got less stable abroad. It was a slow slide then a rapid decline a century later. I expect given environmental issues ours will be faster.

  5. How about we scrap the outdated 747 dinosaur and get a nice modern 21th century flying machine like an airbus?

  6. Anyone see a problem with AF1 sporting the colors of a certain country labeled as one of the most corrupt on the planet. Talk about a middle finger to we the people. SMH

  7. When Trump proposed a livery, some online were opposed an wanted the same livery as the current. They lost. The new livery was selected by Biden and is DIFFERENT. Gone is the polished metal. Gone is the Robin egg blue bottom, replaced with a darker shade. Gone is the Robin egg engine nacelles, replaced with dark blue matching the top of the plane near the cockpit.

  8. How about we scrap the outdated 747 dinosaur and get a nice modern 21th century flying machine like an airbus?

    You are joking, right? [Hint: AF1 is as symbolic of America as “The Star Spangled Banner”]

  9. Doolittle says:
    March 11, 2023 at 8:05 am
    How about we scrap the outdated 747 dinosaur and get a nice modern 21th century flying machine like an airbus?

    A 380 is the most representable AF 1, bigger better portion, hopefully less consumption of fuel and eco friendly.

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