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7. Russian Jets

Tue Jul 17, 2018, 08:07 PM

Jul 2018

The savings have nothing to do with Trump. The reduced cost is because the Air Force purchased two already built B747-800 that were originally ordered by the Russian Airline Transaero which went bankrupt before they could take delivery.

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/01/new-air-force-one-planes-were-once-set-to-become-part-of-russian-airline.html

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