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EX500rider

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19. The plan to replace it started back in mid-2000's under Bush....

Reply to Bengus81 (Reply #18)

Thu Jan 22, 2026, 03:43 PM

7 hrs ago

......due to the aging fleet, but President Obama's administration formalized the replacement program, choosing Boeing for the new VC-25Bs (modified 747-8s) in 2015.

However 747 production ended in 2022, making getting a new one somewhere between impossible & super expensive.

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