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Jun 13, 2015 14:50:02   #
bcheary Loc: Jacksonville, FL
 
Going the e-mail rounds. Thanks Neil.

http://www.businessinsider.com/new-air-force-one-tour-boeing-private-jet-2015-5

It will be interesting to what the final cost will be over the projected cost.

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Jun 13, 2015 14:59:03   #
NeilL Loc: British-born Canadian
 
bcheary wrote:
Going the e-mail rounds. Thanks Neil.

http://www.businessinsider.com/new-air-force-one-tour-boeing-private-jet-2015-5

It will be interesting to what the final cost will be over the projected cost.


Well! I'm glad to see such a good example of belt-tightening for reducing spending. ( :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: )

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Jun 13, 2015 15:16:50   #
bcheary Loc: Jacksonville, FL
 
NeilL wrote:
Well! I'm glad to see such a good example of belt-tightening for reducing spending. ( :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: )


Yup. That is the way of our government. :(

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Jun 13, 2015 16:57:17   #
pounder35 Loc: "Southeast of Disorder"
 
bcheary wrote:
Going the e-mail rounds. Thanks Neil.

http://www.businessinsider.com/new-air-force-one-tour-boeing-private-jet-2015-5

It will be interesting to what the final cost will be over the projected cost.


Her Highness needs a nice ride once she takes the throne. :shock:

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Jun 13, 2015 16:59:15   #
bcheary Loc: Jacksonville, FL
 
pounder35 wrote:
Her Highness needs a nice ride once she takes the throne. :shock:


:lol: :lol:

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Jun 14, 2015 06:35:15   #
nimbushopper Loc: Tampa, FL
 
:thumbdown: Waste of money! Meanwhile, here at McDill the Air force is flying 50 year old tankers allegedly because there is no money to replace them.

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Jun 14, 2015 07:11:26   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
bcheary wrote:
Going the e-mail rounds. Thanks Neil.

http://www.businessinsider.com/new-air-force-one-tour-boeing-private-jet-2015-5

It will be interesting to what the final cost will be over the projected cost.

Looks good. I know its predecessors had lots of extra electronics, but I guess they don't talk about that.

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Jun 14, 2015 11:11:09   #
bcheary Loc: Jacksonville, FL
 
nimbushopper wrote:
:thumbdown: Waste of money! Meanwhile, here at McDill the Air force is flying 50 year old tankers allegedly because there is no money to replace them.


Yup that is the government's sense of priority. :hunf:

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Jun 14, 2015 11:12:08   #
bcheary Loc: Jacksonville, FL
 
jerryc41 wrote:
Looks good. I know its predecessors had lots of extra electronics, but I guess they don't talk about that.


Supposed to have all the bells and whistles so that it c an be a mobile command post.

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Jun 14, 2015 11:20:06   #
tenbanshee Loc: Woodstock, IL
 
bcheary wrote:
Supposed to have all the bells and whistles so that it c an be a mobile command post.


Why can we just give who ever a mobile command post on the end of our foot?

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Jun 14, 2015 11:35:00   #
bcheary Loc: Jacksonville, FL
 
tenbanshee wrote:
Why can we just give who ever a mobile command post on the end of our foot?


:lol: :lol: Good question. :thumbup: :thumbup:

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Jun 14, 2015 16:20:05   #
MacMom Loc: San Francisco southern peninsula
 
This plane is what one expects from our Red Czar.

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Jun 14, 2015 17:19:39   #
bcheary Loc: Jacksonville, FL
 
MacMom wrote:
This plane is what one expects from our Red Czar.


Hopefully it won't be delivered until well after he had departed. :-D

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Jun 15, 2015 00:16:12   #
NormPR
 
Could have sent three or four poor kids to college for what that cost.

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Jun 15, 2015 00:47:39   #
Karl Shuffler Loc: Weinert, Texas
 
Since the government has so much money; it should be taxed.

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