Air Force One and other US military aircraft being repainted in Trump's preferred palette: reports

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Independent

Wednesday 18 February 2026 06:14 EST


Air Force One jets are being repainted to match President Donald Trump’s preferred color palette, according to new reports.

Aircraft in the presidential and VIP fleet will be repainted in red, white and blue, according to reports from several outlets, including CBS News and Fox News. The new design is also expected to include a gold stripe.

This marks the end of the previous blue and white design that dates back to the 1960s, during former President John F. Kennedy’s administration. The new color scheme is similar to the design on Trump’s personal jet, often referred to as “Trump Force One,” which has a navy and white body with a red stripe.

An Air Force spokesperson told CBS News that the change will apply to Air Force One jets and other aircraft in the executive fleet, including the $400 million luxury Boeing jet Qatar donated to the U.S. last year.

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-air-force-one-repainting-b2922476.html

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[sop]

1. I would have expected solid gold.

[Diamond_Dog]

2. You beat me to it, sop.

[C_U_L8R]

5. Gold? I thought that was Trump Diaper Splash Umber.

[turbinetree]

3. Maybe he can call them Orban 1 just for old time sakes..........

and this is going to cost the taxpayers a lot of money.................to take off the old and put that shit scheme new on ...............so his new scheme of paint will have issues with keeping avionics and the such cool during flight and ground operations .....................what a asshole............hey.................. John Roberts what do you think now............ do you have stock in the companies supplying the paint and such..............asking for the taxpayers a**hole..............

[Lovie777]

4. Wrong...,,

red, white and blue colors should stay the same. Using tax payer’s money for self use be illegal.

Over 20 million lost their health care subsides.

[Walleye]

6. MAU Make America ugly.

Do maga people really like this ugly, tacky, garish taste he’s displaying? It’s totally unAmerican.

[Tim S]

7. Is anyone keeping a tally of the tax payer money this billionaire is wasting on his whims?

He wants the paint scheme changed? Then *he* should pay for it.

This is just another bit of national vandalism the next administration will have to right.

[Ritabert]

9. Let's see: ballroom, Arc de Trump, UFC bouncey house, IndyCar race around the Mall?

$$$$$$

[uncle ray]

8. Trump finally completes his defecation on the legacy of Raymond Loewy.

in typically horrific irony, trump destroys the work of a designer that, arguably, actually helped actually make America great.

[ChicagoTeamster]

10. I was expecting all Gold

[Ray Bruns]

11. Did it look something like this?

[travelingthrulife]

12. More wasted money. Where are Elon and DOGE to stop this?

[ratchiweenie]

13. Your tax dollars wasted again.

[joanbarnes]

14. ORANGE?

[Bengus81]

15. When you take $9.2B per year from Medicaid starting in 2027 you can do

shit like this. I don't want to hear one FUCKING Republican talk about being fiscally conservative every again.

[AverageOldGuy]

16. When does Hegseth . . . .

. . . start repainting all Army and Marine Corps combat vehicles into Trump's favorite color scheme?

I can see it now -- the turret of the M1 Abrams main battle tank with gold decorations.

[SamKnause]

17. That fucker sure knows how to waste other people's money.

[kurtyboy]

18. World War II style nose-art?

Can you imagine the nightmare he'd like painted there?

[Buddyzbuddy]

19. Maybe the red could be concentric circles on the bottom of the plane?

[bluestarone]

20. We are definitely seeing the God awful worse

America could ever be!!

[Marcuse]

21. Who knew??

[purr-rat beauty]

22. I'll take fraud waste and abuse for $1,000 Alex