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US Air Force to spend $1.5 billion retro-fitting gifted Qatari plane for Trump use.
(www.abc.net.au)
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I meant the updating of the Qatari plane could balloon to equal the cost of one of the newer planes.
Oh possibly. Not sure the government has even signed those contracts yet at this point.
The one surprising thing is that the Qatari jet is actually a 747-8 model like the two new contracted planes. So I suppose it could technically be outfitted as a new Air Force One, then only one of the new airframes finished and outfitted, and then gut this to finish the second new airframe, leaving a gutted 747-8 for Trump.
But we know that's not what will happen.
It will cost more to strip it, verify parts, retrofit and rebuild it and sweep the thing for malicious items/bugs and/or bombs.
Israel is making indiscernible beeper bombs and this retard accepted a 485,000lb potential bomb.