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Order for Air Force One delayed in new spending bill

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The omnibus federal spending bill by the U.S. Congress has delayed the purchase of one Boeing 747-8 for the U.S. Air Force by a year. The jet was to become the new Air Force One.

Air Force One over Mt. Rushmore
By U.S. Air Force File Photo. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

The Obama administration had proposed to buy one this year and the other one in 2020.

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