In 2015, the U.S. Air Force announced that it had selected Boeing to build the next generation of Air Force One aircraft. Two new aircraft will be built and will enter service in 2024. The defense department estimates that the two new planes will cost U.S. taxpayers an estimated $4 billion. In December 2016, President-elect Donald Trump announced that costs for the project were out of control and he would cancel the plane order once he took office. Proponents of the new planes argue that the current planes used for Air Force One will be fifty years old in 2021 and spare parts for the old planes are becoming hard to find.
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@8ZSR5NL3yrs3Y
Yes, if they need better planes to protect us with, we should be glad to pay for the security, so long as it is necessary to keep it up to date as the most technologically advanced plane that it can be.
@9334YP33yrs3Y
No, Air Force One should be done away with entirely.
Deleted3yrs3Y
Yes, and support pro-US country.
Deleted3yrs3Y
Yes, and support pro-US country more.
Deleted3yrs3Y
I’m uneducated on this issue
@8TP6QKS4yrs4Y
No, and Air Force One should be done away with entirely
Deleted4yrs4Y
If absolutely necessary.
Deleted4yrs4Y
Yes, so long as it is necessary to keep it up to date as the most technologically advanced plane that it can be. If they need better planes to protect us with, we should be glad to pay for the security.
@8YPV9GG3yrs3Y
Only when deemed genuinely necessary for security reasons.
@3HNRB333yrs3Y
No, only because the price of $4 billion seems really high and I'm wondering if it really needs to be that much especially if the current Air Force One aircrafts dont have any significant issues. Maybe later.
@558YLXV4yrs4Y
Air Force One should be upgraded if/when deemed necessary by the Air Force and when funded by Congress.
@8QDSNZY4yrs4Y
Only if it the needs upgrades or repairs
@4V4VGHM4yrs4Y
No, but once it really needs replacing then replace it.
@8HDWQKS4yrs4Y
@8P6PWZP4yrs4Y
No, and we should drastically decrease military spending.
@6Y63CDT3yrs3Y
Yes, but wait until the cost is reduced
@8Z54KCR3yrs3Y
Yes, but only once the national debt has been reduced in a fiscal year by at least the cost.
@8M98FV94yrs4Y
Not until their is a risk to passengers.
@8WPN6C23yrs3Y
Not unless what we have at the moment is severely insufficient
@8T67P4N4yrs4Y
No, military funding should be diminished.
@6TLKQBP4yrs4Y
Yes but if a private company is being hired their profit margins should be publicized.
@7GQMXLT3yrs3Y
Military planners, tacticians, and commanders are the only ones in a position to answer this question intelligently. They possess the information regarding what tech is needed to future-proof the machines as well the intel necessary to understand what threats need to be defended against. That being said, the military industrial complex often ensures that project costs balloon exorbitantly. The entire process for military hardware acquisitions, storage, and logistics needs to be reviewed and reformed to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse.
@kgtiberius4yrs4Y
Yes, presidential transportation (such as Air Force One, Marine One, and car transport) should be upgraded regularly (as needed) and a single replacement for each should be delivered regularly (e.g. every 21 years, each form of transport 7 years apart), with two of each in service at any given time such that at least one is operable while the other is being repaired/upgraded.
@8BYLJPN5yrs5Y
Yes, Improving the military is always good, but the cost should be reduced if possible.
@ElBLogan4yrs4Y
Yes, but only if they can make it fit into a reduced military budget.
@85QWNPG3yrs3Y
Yes , but use the current military spending budget to cover the cost.
@8DKHRQQ5yrs5Y
Yes, if necessary to fly the plane safely.
@8GT9D6P4yrs4Y
Yes, as long as they reduce the price a little
@8HDL7G84yrs4Y
Yes, and provide improvement to self-defense on the aircraft as well.
@8JP8Y7P4yrs4Y
only if updates are needed.
@8MMFD8C4yrs4Y
no, because I believe as of right now the current fleet is sufficient.
@8P4S4M74yrs4Y
yes but only if necassary.
@8P3ZQ4P4yrs4Y
Yes bring in new and demolish the old.
@TogetherinSoli14yrs4Y
Yes, but only if an environmentally friendly aircraft can be used
@8PXJBZS4yrs4Y
Yes - if the current Airforce 1 fleet is determined to be end of life.
@8R8DHKJ4yrs4Y
No, not until the national debt is significantly reduced
@8R6XFJ63yrs3Y
No because Air Force One is not an actual plane it is just the plane the president is transported in
@8RM3NHC4yrs4Y
no, and drastically reduce military spending
@8S8BLMN4yrs4Y
Yes, but the cost should be reduced if possibal.
@8SRVXNS4yrs4Y
Yes, but not that much for it to cost $4 billion in taxes
@lucasnat0r4yrs4Y
No, the entire upgrade should be made public and put to a vote for how large the budget should be since it is funded with tax payer dollars.
@8WH7Z553yrs3Y
No, spend that $4 Billion for something that benefits a wider community.
@8WQLRRP3yrs3Y
Yes, but only when the time has come to make the fleet have less emissions.
@8WPN6T63yrs3Y
No, air force one is just a term to describe the aircraft the president is in no matter what it is
@8WRR7YQ3yrs3Y
There should be small updates every now and then unless threatened by a foreign nation.
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