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2025-05-04 -Short Attention Span Theater-

See inside Trump's magnificent new Air Force One jet... acquired from an unlikely source after Boeing failed

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Posted by Skidmark 2025-05-04 00:42|| || Front Page|| [248 views ] Top

#1

Over done and an easy target.

Posted by NN2N1 2025-05-04 07:07|| 2025-05-04 07:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Hmm....did they EMP proof the electronics?

Posted by Procopius2k 2025-05-04 07:48|| 2025-05-04 07:48|| Front Page Top

#3 #2 Hmm....did they EMP proof the electronics?
Posted by: Procopius2k 2025-05-04 07:48

P2K,

My understanding is that the electronics have been the biggest issue - basically having to rewire the complete airframe, which is something normally done during construction, and a long difficult process at best one the plane's assembled. That's complicated by the requirements of an EMP resistant ( not -proof, nothing can be) airframe.

Boeing has built the most EMP-resistant airframes ever, the E-4 Nightwatch and the current Air Force Ones. They are, however, incapable of doing so now.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2025-05-04 08:48|| 2025-05-04 08:48|| Front Page Top

#4 L3 has a long history of rebuilding airframes, from rivets to wing boxes.

Posted by Skidmark 2025-05-04 10:21|| 2025-05-04 10:21|| Front Page Top

#5 Hence the reason Sierra Nevada Corporation was selected develop the E-4C Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC)

Posted by TZSenator 2025-05-04 10:26|| 2025-05-04 10:26|| Front Page Top

#6 Izzat a 747 or an Airbus?

Posted by Bobby 2025-05-04 11:11|| 2025-05-04 11:11|| Front Page Top

#7 ^ Ex KAL 747-8s. The conversion work is being completed in Dayton, Ohio.

Posted by TZSenator 2025-05-04 11:49|| 2025-05-04 11:49|| Front Page Top

#8 Skip that 747 crap. Trump and the US need two B1-Bs converted for AF1.

Posted by Hellfish 2025-05-04 21:55|| 2025-05-04 21:55|| Front Page Top

#9 Arrives a +Mach 1. Can bomb foes on the way. Already has secure radios and is EMP resistant.

Win. Win. Win.

Posted by Hellfish 2025-05-04 21:57|| 2025-05-04 21:57|| Front Page Top

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