Air Force One jets to be repainted in Trump’s preferred colors
The repaint revives Trump’s red, white, gold, and dark blue scheme on Air Force One and executive jets, with one C-32 already painted and delivery expected soon.
- On February 17, 2026, the U.S. Air Force announced it is replacing the Kennedy-era robin's-egg blue with dark navy blue, deep red and gold across the presidential and executive VIP fleet, including the donated Qatari 747 and two Boeing VC-25B conversions.
- During President Donald Trump's first term, he pushed the red, white and blue VC-25B livery, but former President Joe Biden's 2022 decision rejected it over cost and thermal concerns.
- At Greenville, Texas, L3Harris is repainting and upgrading the C-32 aircraft during scheduled maintenance, with the first completed and returning to the fleet within months.
- Years of delays have left the VC-25B program with delivery expected in 2028, over $5 billion spent by Boeing, and a $400 million purchase of two used 747-8 aircraft for training and spares.
- Marking a visible break with tradition, some government aircraft already wear the new scheme, and the Qatari-donated 747 is expected to be ready by this summer, drawing criticism from Democrats.
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US Air Force Announces Trump-Preferred Paint Scheme for Future Presidential Jet
The U.S. Air Force revealed a new paint scheme for its executive airlift fleet—red, white, dark blue, and gold. The military published a photo of the new design, featuring an all navy bottom belly, on Wednesday. “This artist rendering depicts the VC-25B in its new livery,” the Air Force said. “The U.S. Air Force is implementing this red, white, gold, and dark blue paint scheme for the VC-25B, 747-8i, as well as the executive airlift fleet, which…
The United States Air Force decided to apply the preferred color scheme of President Donald Trump to Air Force One, presidential aircraft – gold, red, white and blue closed – which represents a...
The U.S. Air Force has decided to apply to the Air Force One, the U.S. presidential plane, the color scheme preferred by President Donald Trump: gold, red, white and dark blue, in a twist with respect to the traditional chromatic design of these aircraft. According to Air Force sources quoted by U.S. media such as CNN, the Boeing 747 that will operate as Air Force One will feature its design in these tones, a scheme proposed by the Republican in…
Red, White, Dark Blue and gold... Air Force One Will Be Repainted in Donald Trump's Favourite Colors
Since his re-election, the U.S. president had made the colour of the presidential plane a personal matter.
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