Two New Air Force One Jets Cost Nearly The Price Of A Nimitz Class Carrier

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The cost of buying, equipping, and preparing to operate the two Boeing 747s that will become the next Air Force One presidential transport aircraft is now pegged at $5.3 billion, nearly one-third more than the figure routinely touted by the White House, according to Air Force officials and Pentagon budget documents.

The $5.3 billion price tag is the Pentagon’s first public accounting to include the new hangars and various other costs.

According to Defense One article Air Force One replacement program the entire program cost, which includes infrastructure projects and a bevvy on ancillary items, is now pegged at a whopping $5.3B.

This is roughly a third more than the figure the Air Force has touted in the past for the program. But what’s even more concerning is that the cost of the planes themselves and the conversion of them into militarized VC-25Bs now stands at $4.68B.