{"id":115967,"date":"2026-02-18T23:56:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T23:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=115967"},"modified":"2026-02-18T23:56:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T23:56:21","slug":"air-force-one-set-for-makeover-paint-job-with-new-colours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=115967","title":{"rendered":"Air Force One set for makeover paint job with new colours"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The US presidential jet is getting a new paint design that will include one of President Donald Trump\u2019s preferred colour choices for the White House and his hotels, gold.<\/p>\n

Air Force One and other aircraft used by high-level US officials, including First Lady Melania Trump, are being repainted in gold, deep red, and navy blue while undergoing scheduled repairs and maintenance, according to the US Air Force.<\/p>\n

The colours will also feature on a new Boeing 747-8i luxury aircraft donated to the presidential fleet by Qatar, an Air Force spokesperson told CBS.<\/p>\n

The white, blue, and robin\u2019s-egg blue associated with the presidential jet have been in use since the 1960s, when John F. Kennedy was president.<\/p>\n

Trump has called for updates to the executive fleet since his first term. His successor, former President Joe Biden, cancelled a broad makeover Trump had initially planned.<\/p>\n

The new colours have already been spotted on model aircraft seen at the White House, where Trump is also making his aesthetic imprint, from the large-scale plans for a new ballroom to the more subtle installation of gold signs in a curling font.<\/p>\n

The private plane Trump travelled on during his 2024 campaign, sometimes called \u201cTrump Force One\u201d, used the same colour palette as the presidential fleet.<\/p>\n

While it is not clear how much the paint jobs will cost, the US Air Force, which operates the executive planes, said in a statement to the BBC that the new colour requirements were \u201cnot expected to result in additional delays or costs to the program.\u201d<\/p>\n

It added that it was implementing the new colour scheme on the Boeing VC-25B (a variant of the Boeing 747) currently used to transport the president, as well as on four C-32 jets often used as \u201cAir Force Two\u201d for the vice president, and on the jet donated by Qatar. Painting has been completed on one of the C-32 aircraft.<\/p>\n

Air Force One in its current colours<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Preparations began last summer for the Pentagon to refit the Qatari jumbo jet that is expected to serve as Air Force One. The Boeing aircraft \u2013 valued at $400m (\u00a3300m) \u2013 was donated by Qatar as an \u201cunconditional\u201d gift, with any necessary retrofitting costs being borne by the US government.<\/p>\n

While any plane where the president is a passenger is called \u201cAir Force One\u201d, the holder of the highest office in the country most often flies on a specialised jet that includes an office, a bedroom suite, two kitchen galleys that can prepare 100 meals, office space and a medical facility, according to Boeing.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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