{"id":25391,"date":"2013-09-12T01:03:08","date_gmt":"2013-09-12T04:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/?p=25391"},"modified":"2016-11-26T00:53:06","modified_gmt":"2016-11-26T03:53:06","slug":"search-begins-for-new-air-force-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/12\/search-begins-for-new-air-force-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Search Begins for New Air Force One"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Department of Defense has apparently begun the search for a replacement for the Air Force VC-25A<\/a> — the Boeing 747-200 better known as “Air Force One” when the President of the United States is onboard. (There are actually two similarly configured 747s.)<\/p>\n

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center on Sept. 9 released a Sources Sought Synopsis, a survey asking potential contractors about their ability to create a suitable replacement to the VC-25, the modified Boeing 747-200 that has carried presidents since 1990.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The program for replacement actually began several years ago, and there were rumors that Airbus would offer an A380 — though the spectre of the American Presidential airplane being a “foreign” aircraft stoked much criticism.\u00a0 The replacement is almost certainly going to be a\u00a0modern Boeing aircraft<\/a>, though the contractor who modifies the aircraft may yet be another company.<\/p>\n

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