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Biden nixes Trump design for Air Force One over cost, delay

FILE - President Joe Biden steps off Air Force One, April 19, 2022, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Biden's administration has scrapped former President Donald Trump's red, white and blue design for the new generation of presidential aircraft after an Air Force review suggested it would raise costs and delay the delivery of the new jets. Boeing is currently modifying two Boeing 747-800 aircraft that will bear the Air Force One callsign when the president is onboard to replace the existing fleet of two aging Boeing 747-200 aircraft. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) FILE - Air Force One with President Joe Biden arrives at Portland International Airport in Portland, Ore., April 21, 2022. Biden's administration has scrapped former President Donald Trump's red, white and blue design for the new generation of presidential aircraft after an Air Force review suggested it would raise costs and delay the delivery of the new jets. Boeing is currently modifying two Boeing 747-800 aircraft that will bear the Air Force One callsign when the president is onboard to replace the existing fleet of two aging Boeing 747-200 aircraft. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer. File ) FILE - President Joe Biden, in a motorcade, arrives to board Air Force One in Andrews Air Force Base, Md., May 19, 2022. Biden's administration has scrapped former President Donald Trump's red, white and blue design for the new generation of presidential aircraft after an Air Force review suggested it would raise costs and delay the delivery of the new jets. Boeing is currently modifying two Boeing 747-800 aircraft that will bear the Air Force One callsign when the president is onboard to replace the existing fleet of two aging Boeing 747-200 aircraft. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe, File) FILE - A model of the new Air Force One design sits on a table during a meeting between President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the Oval Office of the White House, June 20, 2019, in Washington. President Joe Biden's administration has scrapped former President Trump's red, white and blue design for the new generation of presidential aircraft after an Air Force review suggested it would raise costs and delay the delivery of the new jets. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)