Air Force still mulling final presidential aircraft number amid review

By Rachel Cohen / February 24, 2017 at 9:10 AM
A draft of the Air Force's environmental impact statement for the Presidential Aircraft Recapitalization program released last month said the service has not yet decided how many Boeing 747-8 aircraft to buy, and the service's top spokesman this week declined to answer when that decision might be made and what issues still need to be considered. "Presently, the PAR program provides for replacement of the two existing VC-25A aircraft with up to three 747-8 aircraft," the Jan. 23 draft EIS...

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