The Air Force One aircraft will receive President Donald Trump’s preferred livery, a U.S. Air Force official told CNN.
According to the outlet, the new modified Boeing 747 aircraft—designated by the military as VC-25B—will be painted red, white, gold, and dark blue, a color scheme proposed during Trump’s first term but reversed by the Biden administration.
The aircraft that serve as Air Force One have carried a light blue and white color scheme since the Kennedy administration. In 2022, after Trump suggested changing the livery, the Air Force rejected the change, citing cost and technical reasons.
“Additional analyses concluded that darker colors—among other factors—on the underside of the VC-25B aircraft could contribute to temperatures that exceed current qualification limits for a small number of components,” an Air Force spokesperson said at the time.
Now, the Air Force has stated that the new livery will be applied to two new Boeing 747 aircraft currently being modified by Boeingas well as to a third aircraft donated by Qatar to the armed forces, which Trump ordered to be adapted for use as Air Force One.
The new colors will also be applied during scheduled maintenance to four C-32 aircraft, a military version of the Boeing 757currently in service with the fleet. One of these newly painted aircraft was recently seen landing at Majors Airport in Greenville, Texas (USA).
C-32A (99-0003) as VADER20 landing at KGVT sporting the new livery pic.twitter.com/7cgJejavzy
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