Friday, August 4, 2017

Air Force signs contract for 2 presidential aircraft

August 04, 2017 at 04:58PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force, which has been looking for ways to lower the cost of new Air Force One planes, has agreed to buy two jumbo jets from Boeing that were ordered but never delivered to a now-defunct Russian airline.

The Air Force says it awarded the contract Friday.

Two people close to the matter confirmed earlier this week that the Air Force and Boeing were in talks about the two planes that were still in the company's inventory.

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