Owner's Manual for New Air Force One Cost $84 Million
President Donald Trump’s much-touted $4 billion deal with Boeing for two new Air Force One aircraft didn’t include a key item: the instruction manuals. The cost of these flight and maintenance manuals: $84 million, according to a U.S. Air Force contract announcement posted Wednesday evening.
The technical manuals will include more than 100,000 pages with the specifications for flying the plane as well as fixing it, according to people familiar with the high-profile project. The new manuals aren’t expected to be finished until January 2025, according to the Air Force’s announcement.
Trump has made buying a new Air Force One a priority since before moving into the White House. Shortly after being elected president, Trump criticized the then-$4.4 billion price tag as “out of control.” He personally negotiated with former Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg, and in early 2018 bragged about getting a $3.9 billion deal.
The Air Force will spend another $1.4 billion on testing, spare parts, support equipment, training, and building new hangers at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington, D.C. These extras bring the expected total cost of the project is now $5.3 billion.
The new Air Force One is a 747-8 airliner — a plane that has been flying passengers for nearly a decade.
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