Boeing VC-25A VC-25B Air Force One

[fightingirish]

Hello folks, the Boeing VC-25B will look pretty much like it did back in the first Trump administration.
The tail flag is larger, similar to that on President Trump's private Boeing 757 and the recently updated USAF Boeing C-32A.
Please notice the different color on the engines, possibly related to the thermal concerns raised a couple years back.
Source (X fka twitter) :

https://twitter.com/x/status/2024216253758419167

View: https://x.com/i/status/2024216253758419167

 

[Spook]

Will the new platform have IFR capability, or has the idea been definitively set aside?

 

[Moose]

Will the new platform have IFR capability, or has the idea been definitively set aside?

None

 

[Kiltonge]

Here is what the new livery looks like on the 757 fleet. Are any of the two 747's scheduled for heavy maintenance within the next 3 years ? That might be a good opportunity to repaint them.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2023550771124658595

View: https://x.com/N214WN/status/2023550771124658595

It's not a remarkable livery but at least it looks like it was designed for the 757, unlike the weird mutation previously carried which looked like something they hacked up when they realised they didn't have any stocks of Baby Blue left.

Just why weren't the C-32s and C-40s painted in the proper livery? It was designed for their fuselage dimensions!

 

[NMaude]

Just why weren't the C-32s and C-40s painted in the proper livery? It was designed for their fuselage dimensions!

Because Trump is insisting on that design which is basically a copy of his personal 757's livery.

 

[Spook]

None

Is it because it has never been used operationally, as mentioned in the previous messages and articles, or is it because of its cost?

 

[Moose]

Is it because it has never been used operationally, as mentioned in the previous messages and articles, or is it because of its cost?

Cost. Its not meant to be used operationally unless things have gone Very Very Bad. Supposedly the real -25Bs have some provision that could allow it to be added in a reasonable refit. Graft Force One wont.