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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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49%
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8%
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…5mos5MO

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

 @B3GDS3V from Arkansas  answered…3 days3D

We should look to instead rent out planes from companies, this will increase competition between those types of companies and the competition will make the companies want to build better planes. Planes used will be strictly looked over as to prevent intentional accidents and harms

 @9WB26PP from Georgia  answered…5mos5MO

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.

 @9KH9SVJ from California  answered…1yr1Y

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

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