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Omaha Steve

(108,816 posts)
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 10:37 PM 21 hrs ago

Air Force One will be painted red, white and blue as Trump has hinted, US military says

Source: AP

By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN
Updated 5:55 PM CST, February 18, 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — A red, white and blue color scheme championed by President Donald Trump will become the new look for Air Force One, the U.S. military said Thursday.

The Air Force said a “red, white, gold and dark blue paint scheme” will be used for the updated jet that is slated to serve as Air Force One as well as other, smaller jets that routinely fly other top government officials.

The military released a rendering of the new look that matches an airplane model that has been seen in the Oval Office for meetings with foreign leaders.

Boeing is in the process of modifying two of its 747-800 aircraft that are slated to replace the existing fleet of two aging Boeing 747-200 aircraft that the president currently uses and that take on the Air Force One call sign when the president is aboard.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/air-force-one-trump-red-white-blue-5315ca602a5f2763fdd5601405fc18f2

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Air Force One will be painted red, white and blue as Trump has hinted, US military says (Original Post) Omaha Steve 21 hrs ago OP
And gold. RandySF 21 hrs ago #1
JFC is there ANYTHING that he can't fuck up and make into tacky shit? CurtEastPoint 20 hrs ago #2
Short answer - no. 3catwoman3 20 hrs ago #7
And more gold LSparkle 20 hrs ago #3
What's next..... Lovie777 20 hrs ago #4
Something else for the next president to put on her/his "fix" list dflprincess 20 hrs ago #5
"The coloring was almost identical to the exterior of Trump's personal plane." Well, of course. 3catwoman3 20 hrs ago #6
These assholes have straight ruined patriotic imagery for me. Initech 20 hrs ago #8
Should be painted in Trump's favorite colors..... yellow. cstanleytech 20 hrs ago #9
The Racist-In-Chief sure has a thing about Red White & Blue, including his costume. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 19 hrs ago #10
When I lived in Northern VA tonekat 18 hrs ago #11
They should rename it... Woodycall 18 hrs ago #12
I'm not buying this. I think it's propaganda JohnnyRingo 11 hrs ago #13
Which makes it even more visible in the air. OldBaldy1701E 10 hrs ago #14
Among all his sins this is not worth our wasting time on. CTyankee 7 hrs ago #15
Why can no one say, "No." to this demented fool? travelingthrulife 1 hr ago #16

dflprincess

(29,265 posts)
5. Something else for the next president to put on her/his "fix" list
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 10:47 PM
20 hrs ago

Boeing needs to keep dragging its feet on this. With a little luck the painting will not have started in January 2029.

3catwoman3

(29,051 posts)
6. "The coloring was almost identical to the exterior of Trump's personal plane." Well, of course.
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 10:52 PM
20 hrs ago

From an AP article.

And, of course, gold. His taste sucks.

tonekat

(2,489 posts)
11. When I lived in Northern VA
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 12:41 AM
18 hrs ago

Every once in awhile, AF One would go over, and it's actually hard to make out because it blends in with the sky so well, no doubt an intentional design.

Anything trump does will make it more obvious to enemies. Plus I saw something in another thread about the darker colors affecting the avionics systems?

JohnnyRingo

(20,702 posts)
13. I'm not buying this. I think it's propaganda
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 08:28 AM
11 hrs ago

The new AF-1 still isn't scheduled to be completed until mid- 2028 or 2029. Two or three years from now., so we don't know who will be in charge then.
This is probably Pentagon Pete giving a news release that pleases his boss, and news agencies offering up recycled clickbait headlines.

I'm going to worry about more dire events for now.

CTyankee

(67,979 posts)
15. Among all his sins this is not worth our wasting time on.
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 12:20 PM
7 hrs ago

It's another distraction to keep us busy and not focused on what we SHOULD be looking at.

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