In 2019, Donald Trump announced plans to redesign Air Force One with a red, white, and blue color scheme. The Air Force later rejected the proposal due to technical concerns, citing additional FAA qualification requirements caused by heat exposure from the dark blue paint.

President Donald Trump says he is considering buying used Boeing aircraft — perhaps from an overseas seller — to use as Air Force One when he’s aboard, as he fumes over the U.S. plane-maker’s delays in producing two specially modified ones for

Boeing has had six years of production problems, safety issues, delivery delays and unhappy buyers of its aircraft. But President Donald Trump’s anger at the delays for the next generation of Air Force One jets could result in a huge blow to what remains of the company’s prestige and finances going forward.