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When the president needs to fly to locations that have runways too short for the VC-25A, a [[Boeing C-32]] is used instead. An Air Force aircraft carrying the [[Vice President of the United States]] is designated as [[Air Force Two]].
When the president needs to fly to locations that have runways too short for the VC-25A, a [[Boeing C-32]] is used instead. An Air Force aircraft carrying the [[Vice President of the United States]] is designated as [[Air Force Two]].
Due to high operating costs, the United States Air Force intends to replace the two current Boeing 747-200Bs with [[Boeing 747-8I]]s. The Air Force announced the plan on 28 January 2015. The U.S. Air Force projected the budget to $4 billion USD, sparking tweets from then president-elect [[Donald Trump]] to cancel the order.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.defensenews.com/articles/trump-tweets-us-should-cancel-air-force-one-replacement |title=Trump Tweets US Should Cancel Air Force One Replacement |author= Mehta, Aaron |work=Defense News |date=6 December 2016 |accessdate=11 December 2016}}</ref><ref>[http://www.af.mil/News/ArticleDisplay/tabid/223/Article/562748/af-identifies-boeing-747-8-platform-for-next-air-force-one.aspx "AF Identifies Boeing 747-8 platform for next Air Force One."] ''United States Air Force'', 28 January 2015. Retrieved: 28 January 2015.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.boeing.com/defense/air-force-one/index.page#/overview|title=Boeing: Air Force One|website=www.boeing.com|access-date=2017-03-03}}</ref>
[[File:Air Force One.jpg|thumb|upright=1.14|One of the [[Boeing VC-25|VC-25s]] used as Air Force One, registration, SAM 29000]]
[[File:Air Force One.jpg|thumb|upright=1.14|One of the [[Boeing VC-25|VC-25s]] used as Air Force One, registration, SAM 29000]]
== References ==
== References ==