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Should the military upgrade Air Force One?

In 2015, the U.S. Air Force announced that it had selected Boeing to build the next generation of Air Force One aircraft. Two new aircraft will be built and will enter service in 2024. The defense department estimates that the two new planes will cost U.S. taxpayers an estimated $4 billion. In December 2016, President-elect Donald Trump announced that costs for the project were out of control and he would cancel the plane order once he took office. Proponents of the new planes argue that the current planes used for Air Force One will be fifty years old in 2021 and spare parts for the old planes are becoming hard to find.

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No, not until the cost ($4B) is dramatically reduced
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No, the current fleet is sufficient

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 @8D7X8VB from Pennsylvania  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, after a cost analysis that reveals it is less costly to produce new planes than maintaining the old planes.

  @Ace-Byrd from Iowa  answered…2mos2MO

I don't support the military in any use except for defense of this country and those that need it, like Ukraine or Palestine, where innocent civilians are being killed.

 @9FQ2KNX from North Carolina  answered…1yr1Y

Yes, but only if security demands it

 @8M5WK9Y from Massachusetts  answered…4yrs4Y

Not with Boeing.

 @8GN4YCZ from Virginia  answered…4yrs4Y

I currently do not know enough information

 @9KH9SVJ from California  answered…9mos9MO

Yes, when we are able to build aircraft that run on renewable energy sources, such as electric engines.

 @9WB26PP from Georgia  answered…2mos2MO

Yes, as long as we are cost efficient and can ensure Air Force One is significantly better than the previous one so we won't be wasting money.

 @9DFRXN3 from Illinois  answered…1yr1Y

If it's needed yes

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…5mos5MO

George Clooney Asks Biden To Drop Out Of Race

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…2mos2MO

Pentagon Plans Legion of AI Ghosts to Haunt Social Media

The Pentagon Wants to Use AI to Create Deepfake Internet UsersThe Department of Defense wants technology so it can fabricate online personas that are indistinguishable from real people.Sam BiddleOctober 17 2024, 9:49 a.m.ShareThe Pentagon seen from Air Force One as it flies over Washington, D.C., on March 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)The United States’ secretive Special Operations Command is looking for companies to help create deepfake internet users so convincing that neither humans nor computers will be able to detect they are fake, according to a procurement document reviewed by The Intercept.The plan, mentioned in a new 76-page wish list by the Department of Defense’s Joint Special Operations Command, or JSOC, outlines advanced technologies desired for country’s most elite, clandestine military efforts. “Special Operations Forces (SOF) are interested in technologies that can generate convincing online personas for use on social media platforms, social networking sites, and other online content,” the entry reads.The document specifies that JSOC wants the ability to create online user profiles that “appear to be a unique individual that is recognizable as human but does not exist in the real world,” with each featuring “multiple expressions” and “Government Identification quality photos.”In addition to still images of faked people, the document notes that “the solution should include facial & background imagery, facial & background video, and audio layers,” and JSOC hopes to be able to generate “selfie video” from these fabricated humans. These videos will feature more than fake people: Each deepfake selfie will come with a matching faked background, “to create a virtual environment undetectable by social media algorithms.”

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