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Posted on 02/20/2026 8:34:54 AM PST by re_tail20
President Donald Trump’s preferred paint colors will be applied to the new planes which will serve as Air Force One, an Air Force official tells CNN.
The new heavily modified Boeing 747s, which the military designates VC-25B, will be painted red, white, gold and dark blue, a color scheme proposed during Trump’s first term in office but reversed by the Biden administration.
“Air Force One is going to be incredible,” Trump said in 2018. “It’s going to be the top of the line, the top in the world. And it’s going to be red, white and blue, which I think is appropriate.”
The planes which serve as Air Force One have been painted a baby blue and white livery since the Kennedy administration, and Trump’s proposed change sparked speculation that he intended to replicate the colors of his personal Boeing 757.
In 2022, during the Biden administration, the livery was rejected by the Air Force citing cost and technical reasons.
“Further analysis concluded darker colors, among other factors, on the underside of the VC-25B aircraft might contribute to temperatures exceeding the current qualification limits of a small number of components,” a spokesperson said at the time.
The military proposed new renderings in 2023 of a design selected by Biden which looked very similar to the baby blue livery in use for more than 60 years, with a slightly darker tint.
When Trump was reelected his Air Force One paint scheme was again front and center, displayed on the evening of his inauguration on top of a cake at the Commander In Chief Ball. Now, it is often seen in a model on the coffee table in the Oval Office. A Department of Homeland Security Boeing 737 also started flying with a similar paint job last year.
Now, the Air Force...
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Do we still have a carrier group that hasn’t been deployed that we can park up besides the Roberts Mustang Ranch?
Biden’s choice look gay.
Reversed buy some judge in 5,4,3...
I like it.
I always liked the baby blue, because I grew up with it; but change is often a very good thing.
Should be sky blue on the bottom with red, white and blue stripes and mottled camo on the upper surfaces...
Watch lefties freak out...
Impressive.
Good question.
My favorite paint job was when I worked on a plane for Vijay Mallya. (Flight controls engineer) That cat had some taste.
Anything that drives the moon at libs insane is fine by me.
After drying, paint on a Boeing 747 typically weighs about 550–1,100 pounds, depending on the livery and number of coats.
The camouflage paint scheme during the Vietnam era B-52 bomber weighs around 400 pounds.
I never understood why our president’s plane featured sky blue, a color which was never part of our country’s flag.
Navy blue FTW.
TWA 1995-2001 (Globe Livery)
I like it.
Classy.
The blue in AF1 now is pretty — for a dress. It’s too prissy for the leader of the free world.
“a banner of bold, unmistakable colors with no pale pastels. “
Same here.
Take one or two reporters and toss them out onto the tarmac to accommodate the additional paint needed...:)
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