Air Force Identifies Boeing 747-8 platform for next Air Force One
Jan 28, 2015, 2:15 pm
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Air Force Identifies Boeing 747-8 platform for next Air Force One
US Air Force Identifies Boeing 747-8 platform for next Air Force One:
www.af.mil/News/ArticleDisplay/tabid/223/Article/562748/af-identifies-boeing-747-8-platform-for-next-air-force-one.aspx
www.af.mil/News/ArticleDisplay/tabid/223/Article/562748/af-identifies-boeing-747-8-platform-for-next-air-force-one.aspx
Jan 28, 2015, 4:23 pm
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Why can't the Air Force use 777-200LR, 787-9, or use the closest thing to the 767 tanker so spare parts can be shared, which might be a 767-300ER? The 747-8 is almost an orphan with few users, such as Lufthansa and Korean Air.
Jan 28, 2015, 4:44 pm
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The Secret Service probably would prefer a four-engined plane.
Jan 28, 2015, 5:30 pm
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Jan 28, 2015, 6:04 pm
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I like the "Air Force beluga 1" sounds.
Jan 28, 2015, 7:28 pm
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It's a plane manufactured by thousands of suppliers
Jan 28, 2015, 7:33 pm
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There's a reason Boeing runs ads in movie theaters despite nobody in the audience actually buying anything from Boeing.
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Air China just started flying new 748's PEK-JFK daily this month and when PRC's President make his next visit to the US (and elsewhere ...) expect to see him fly on specially reconfigured 748 by CA. It's about time POTUS can do a "status match" LOL and his will definitely have more "toys" & gadgets on AirForceOne where as theirs is basically a regular commercial one.
Jan 28, 2015, 8:17 pm
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there is never any doubt that the next AF1 will be based on the 747-8.
(having the Airbus A380 as the AF1 is like having the POTUS driven
around in a Citroen or Mercedes, not gonna happen)
what I'd like to know is what airplane will become the next-next AF1
in 20 to 30 years. By then, Boeing will have ended the 747-xxx
program for ever. Perhaps a supersonic AF1? (yeah, keep dreaming)
(having the Airbus A380 as the AF1 is like having the POTUS driven
around in a Citroen or Mercedes, not gonna happen)
what I'd like to know is what airplane will become the next-next AF1
in 20 to 30 years. By then, Boeing will have ended the 747-xxx
program for ever. Perhaps a supersonic AF1? (yeah, keep dreaming)
Jan 28, 2015, 8:19 pm
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Air China just started flying new 748's PEK-JFK daily this month and when PRC's President make his next visit to the US (and elsewhere ...) expect to see him fly on specially reconfigured 748 by CA. It's about time POTUS can do a "status match" LOL and his will definitely have more "toys" & gadgets on AirForceOne where as theirs is basically a regular commercial one.
bugging techniques and hardware have improved by a million miles since
the last time, so this new 747-8 will have all the "extra" installed by certain
U.S. agencies and the Chinese will have no way of finding them.
Jan 28, 2015, 9:37 pm
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In addition, the US government would almost certainly require the planes to be built in the US. Airbus isn't going to set up a production line for the A380 to make two planes.
Jan 28, 2015, 9:42 pm
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No way would any president allow the government to buy a plane for him from outside the US.
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Jan 28, 2015, 10:08 pm
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This clearly demonstrates that taxpayers' interests are not even part of the equation. He or she should fly commercial like most other world leaders.