Air Force Stumped by Trump's Claim of $1 Billion Savings on Jet
- Cost estimates for a new Air Force One still being refined
- Service awards next contracts for design, aircraft by June 30
Trump and Boeing CEO Muilenburg Talk Air Force One
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The Air Force can’t account for $1 billion in savings that President Donald Trump said he’s negotiated for the program to develop, purchase and operate two new Boeing Co. jets to serve as Air Force One.
“To my knowledge I have not been told that we have that information,” Colonel Pat Ryder, an Air Force spokesman, told reporters Wednesday when asked how Trump had managed to reduce the price for the new presidential plane. “I refer you to the White House,” Ryder said. A White House spokesman didn’t respond to repeated inquiries about Trump’s comments.