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patphil

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8. This airplane could never meet the requirements for and AF-1 aircraft.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue May 13, 2025, 11:33 AM

May 2025

You'd have to strip it down and start over.
As a gift, it's property of the Office of the President; Trump can never own it. So it gets to be parked someplace. Even then, the cost of keeping it in working order would be millions each year.
You might as well junk it and sell it for scrap.

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