A $24million contract to install new refrigerators on the presidential fleet has been cancelled.

Boeing won the contract with the Air Force in December 2017, with the cost covering design and installation of the custom chilling units on the two Boeing VC-25As that make up the presidential fleet.

Air Force One fridges must be able to store 3,000 meals to feed staffers and crew for up to 10 days, in the event the presidential plane is kept aloft as a flying command post in a national emergency.

Five 'chillers' on each plane would cool a total of 26 climate-controlled compartments, according to the Air Force.

Boeing's contract was to replace two of the chillers, which cool eight of the compartments.






http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5807939/Air-Force-cancels-24million-refrigerator-installation-presidential-fleet.html

The current refrigeration units in Air Force One were installed in the 1990s, when the planes went into service.

Officials said the work on the replacements would have been performed in Oklahoma City and San Antonio, Texas, with a completion date of October 30, 2019.

The current aircraft in the presidential fleet are also due to be replaced with a pair of Boeing 747-8s.

In December of 2016, then President-elect Donald Trump blasted the estimated $4billion replacement cost as 'out of control', adding 'Cancel order!'


The replacement plans have continued, however.



In September, Boeing was awarded a $599,999,999 contract to conduct preliminary design work for upgrades to the two 747-8s, which are currently being stored at the Southern California Logistics Airport in the Mojave Desert.

The design round is set to be complete by the end of 2018, and then upgrade work will begin.

When complete, the resulting upgrades will include 'a mission communications system, electrical power upgrades, a medical facility, an executive interior, a self-defense system, and autonomous ground operations capabilities', the Air Force said.

Rep Joe Courtney (pictured), a Connecticut Democrat, first revealed the contract cancellation in a statement issued on Monday.

Explorers:


Air Force One fridges must be able to store 3,000 meals to feed staffers and crew for up to 10 days, in the event the presidential plane is kept aloft as a flying command post in a national emergency[b].

This american can plan for accident that will happen 1000 years from now

wow, all that money, just for refridgerators

common fridge?

Ordinary refrigerator

oyekanwahab:


This american can plan for accident that will happen 1000 years from now

This already happened on Sep 11 2001 during the terrorist attacks on the United States, though tte plane was only aloft for hours. But it is reported that the plane is designed to be able to remain permanently airborne, especially during emergencies.

starbuck:
Ordinary refrigerator

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Explorers:

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Anything on the u.s airforce 1 isnt ordinary!

I once saw this aircraft on sky

EzendiEgo1:
I once saw this aircraft on sky

Lol. How did you identify it.

anything goes as long is airforce one.
the most sophisticated airplane on earth.

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