[Right_Wing_Madman]

Boeing...cites the struggle to find skilled labor with the clearances needed to work on such a highly classified project.

In other words, Boeing hasn't hired any Americans who know how to build planes.

[Lockbox]

I’ve got it, Trump just needs to declare that until he flys in the ordered new AF1, he will stay in office! If Boeing can have delays, I guess so can Trump!

[Clarancebeaks]

Unless they replace every single bolt, nut, and fastener, completely gut the plane of every wire and electrical component,totally X-ray every inch of the fuselage, and replace the engines and fuel tanks. They are idiots. It would be more economical to just build a new plane and a certainly lot safer.

[Windcatcher]

IMO the plane should have been given to ICE.

[Brian Griffin]

“Since 1990, the presidential fleet has consisted of two highly customized Boeing 747-200B (VC-25A) aircraft.[6] The USAF has ordered two Boeing 747-8s to serve as the next presidential aircraft, designated VC-25Bs and expected to enter service no earlier than 2026.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Force_One

Why not just rebuild the wings of the existing two planes?

[Arlis]

Have to wonder if Qatar did not place a super-well-hidden explosive on this plane to secretly detonate when Trump is aboard in the future......

I would never trust it.......

[Vaduz]

C-130 gun ship plane would be safer.

Options good