Boeing Gets To Work On 747-8 Air Force One

July 18, 2016
Credit: Two Boeing 747-8Is are being acquired to convert into an Air Force One fleet: Boeing
Boeing has secured its largest contract award yet for early design of America’s next presidential airliner, as the amount of time and money it takes to keep the current Air Force One fleet flying increases. In January 2015, the U.S. Air Force picked Boeing’s commercial 747-8I Intercontinental...

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