Editing Air Force One (section)

===VC-25B===
{{main|Boeing VC-25B}}
[[File:Air Force One VC-25B paint scheme 2023-03-10.JPG|thumb|Illustration of the VC-25B color scheme announced March 2023]]

The VC-25As are to be replaced as the cost of maintaining the aging systems on their 30-year-old airframes and less efficient GE-CF6 engines has begun to surpass the cost of acquiring a new aircraft.<ref>{{cite web|last=Trimble|first=Stephen|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/exclusive-us-considers-airbus-a380-as-air-force-one-and-potentially-a-c-5-replacement-218681/|title=US considers Airbus A380 as Air Force One and potentially a C-5 replacement|work=[[FlightGlobal]]|date=17 October 2007|accessdate=6 December 2016}}</ref> On 28 January 2015, the Air Force announced that the [[Boeing 747-8]] would be the next presidential aircraft.<ref>[https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/562748/af-identifies-boeing-747-8-platform-for-next-air-force-one/ "AF Identifies Boeing 747-8 platform for next Air Force One"]. ''United States Air Force'', 28 January 2015. Retrieved: 28 January 2015.</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Capaccio|first=Anthony|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-01-28/boeing-to-build-air-force-one-replacement-with-bids-for-systems|title=Boeing to build Air Force One replacement with bids for systems|work=Bloomberg News|date=28 January 2015|accessdate=25 April 2015}}</ref> <!-- This is supposed to be a summary. Keep replacement details at [[Boeing VC-25]]. --> The US [[Government Accountability Office]] estimated the total cost at $3.2 billion, and the US Air Force's budget for the program is projected to be nearly $4 billion.  In December 2016, Boeing was on contract for preliminary development worth $170 million (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=170000000|start_year=2016}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}).<ref name="bbc-20161207">{{Cite news |date=7 December 2016 |title=Trump says Air Force One Boeing order should be cancelled |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38221579 |access-date=11 December 2016}}</ref><ref name="ft-20161207">{{Cite news |last=Mark Odell |date=7 December 2016 |title=Trump speaks to Boeing chief on Air Force One replacement costs |work=[[Financial Times]] |url=https://www.ft.com/content/f3cd8ad2-bcaa-11e6-8b45-b8b81dd5d080 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/f3cd8ad2-bcaa-11e6-8b45-b8b81dd5d080 |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=11 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Mehta, Aaron |date=6 December 2016 |title=Trump Tweets US Should Cancel Air Force One Replacement |work=Defense News |url=http://www.defensenews.com/articles/trump-tweets-us-should-cancel-air-force-one-replacement |access-date=11 December 2016}}</ref> 

During his first presidency, Donald Trump renegotiated aspects of the contract with Boeing, and threatened to cancel the program if the overall cost exceeded $4 billion.<ref name="new af1">{{Cite web |last=Syme |first=Pete |title=Elon Musk is trying to help Boeing out with its much-delayed new Air Force One for Trump |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-boeing-air-force-one-delivery-trump-2025-1 |date=29 January 2025 |website=Business Insider |access-date=10 February 2025}}</ref> In an effort to cut costs, the Air Force contracted to purchase two completed but undelivered [[Transaero]] 747-8 intercontinental aircraft from Boeing in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Insinna |first=Valerie |date=1 August 2017 |title=Boeing to turn undelivered 747s meant for Russian customer into new Air Force Ones |url=https://www.defensenews.com/air/2017/08/01/boeing-to-turn-undelivered-747s-meant-for-russian-customer-into-new-air-force-ones/ |access-date=20 December 2023 |website=Defense News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Ostrower |first1=Jon |last2=Browne |first2=Ryan |date=5 August 2017 |title=US finalizes deal for new Air Force One jets once destined for Russian airliner |work=CNN |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2017/08/04/politics/air-force-one-deal-russian-airliner/index.html |access-date=27 January 2018}}</ref>

The following year, Boeing struck a deal with Trump to adorn the new planes with a "patriotic color scheme" featuring a deep red stripe down the middle of the aircraft and a dark blue underbelly. Plagued by multiple delays, and the rising cost of the aircraft, this color scheme was scrapped, and a modernized version of the classic ''Air Force One'' design was made public in March 2023. The first VC-25B is scheduled to be delivered in 2027, while the second will come the following year.<ref name="new af1"/><ref>{{cite news|last=Liebermann|first=Oren|title=New color scheme unveiled for Air Force One that discards Trump's design|date=10 March 2023|url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/10/politics/air-force-one-color-scheme/index.html|publisher=CNN|access-date=10 February 2025}}</ref>