Refrigerator upgrade on Air Force One will cost $24 million

[Pogo]

Hey I'll sell my $50 fridge to them for half of that.

24 million was the original list price for the Boeing 747. The whole plane.

Why for that kind of money you could --- I dunno, settle an entire fraud lawsuit with a Mexican judge from Indiana so it goes away before the electoral college votes.

 

[Mr Natural]

Those mil-spec refrigerators are some damn fine refrigerators.

On a par with those mil-spec toilet seats.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Trump has nothing to do with it-

Two outdated refrigerators being replaced on Air Force One will reportedly cost about $24 million.

The coolers on the presidential aircraft need to have the capacity to store 3,000 meals onboard, and two out of the five are in need of replacement, according to Defense One.

I think I paid about fifty bucks for my reefer.

Geez....I hope thats by the gram or you're smoking some seriously shitty mexican swag!!

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Holy Shit!!!!
That makes the 7k I just spent on a 48in. Built in GE Profile sound like a bargain!!!!!

 

[Shrimpbox]

So would this have been a problem if Hilary was president?

 

[Pogo]

Trump has nothing to do with it-

Two outdated refrigerators being replaced on Air Force One will reportedly cost about $24 million.

The coolers on the presidential aircraft need to have the capacity to store 3,000 meals onboard, and two out of the five are in need of replacement, according to Defense One.

I think I paid about fifty bucks for my reefer.

Geez....I hope thats by the gram or you're smoking some seriously shitty mexican swag!!

Hey, I know how to get deals.
You know "El Chapo"? I score from "El Cheapo".

 

[rightwinger]

Hey, he may have already talked them down, or it could be he hasn’t learned up the price tag yet, being out of the country, ya know.

here is what I found-
Air Force One Needs New Refrigerators. They Cost $24 Million
Experts say the reason isn’t price gouging by Boeing, which makes the jets and handles the presidential modifications, but instead the result of bespoke equipment requirements put in place by the White House Military Office and the Air Force.

“It’s not a contractor issue, it is a requirements issue,” said Richard Aboulafia, vice president of analysis at the Teal Group consulting firm. “It’s not getting people rich.”

The new refrigerators aren’t your kitchen Frigidaires, or even a typical jetliner’s cabin-feeding coolboxes. The requirement for Air Force One is the ability to feed passengers and crew for weeks without resupplying. That means storing about 3,000 meals in massive refrigerators and freezers below the passenger cabin. Five “chillers” cool a total of 26 climate-controlled compartments, according to the Air Force.

Trump has nothing to do with it-

Two outdated refrigerators being replaced on Air Force One will reportedly cost about $24 million.

The coolers on the presidential aircraft need to have the capacity to store 3,000 meals onboard, and two out of the five are in need of replacement, according to Defense One.

3K meals? Why?

We are talking about the greatest Dealmaker in the history of mankind

He can't get a better price?

That is what we elected him for

Talk them down to $24 million?

We are talking Donnie Dealmaker

 

[Pogo]

So would this have been a problem if Hilary was president?

Trust me, on this board EVERYTHING would have bee a problem if Hillary was president.

 

[jon_berzerk]

Trump has nothing to do with it-

Two outdated refrigerators being replaced on Air Force One will reportedly cost about $24 million.

The coolers on the presidential aircraft need to have the capacity to store 3,000 meals onboard, and two out of the five are in need of replacement, according to Defense One.

Thanks

I always figured Fat Donnie could eat 3000 meals

why on earth did you photo chop Trumps head

onto your body

--WOWZA

 

[depotoo]

Ok, I found what actually happened. By the way, if no one has read the events of that day from the perspective of everyone with the President, it is intense and interesting, and where I found this, way down the page, it was when the left Nebraska-

Maj. Scott Crogg: No one told us that Air Force One was leaving, so we’re like, “Oh shit, are they starting up?” We’re racing to get our planes in the air, but it takes some time. We met the minimum safety requirements and hit the air. A 747 configured like that, gosh, that’s a fast airplane. We didn’t want to go supersonic, it’d burn up too much fuel, so we talked to them, and we had to reel them in.

VI. Airborne, En route to Andrews Air Force Base, Washington, D.C.

Col. Mark Tillman: I’m doing .94 Mach. The fighters only have so much gas. We went as fast as we could across the United States. F-16s were coming out of D.C. to meet us, everyone was joining up with us. We had F-15s with us too.



‘We’re the Only Plane in the Sky’

Researching it I found out it also carries blood supplies, which need refrigeration. This is info that was put out during the Obama admin.

It also designed to be a bunker, in case of need. Also, f-16’s have trouble keeping up with it-

Though the details of the plane's defense capabilities are shrouded in secrecy, Air Force One is a military aircraft with the ability to function as a de facto bunker in the event of a nuclear attack and capable repelling airborne missiles should the plane ever come under attack while flying. The plane also has a special electronic defense system that can jam enemy radar.
....

Air Force One has the ability to fly at a speed of over 600 miles per hour (or 92 percent of the speed of sound) -- so fast that F-16 fighter planes escorting the president’s plane while in flight on September 11 had difficulty keeping up and had to ask the plane’s pilot to slow down. Then-pilot Col. Mark Tillman later recalled that the plane was moving at almost supersonic speed.
...


I guess it can also feed up to 100 people at once, so 3000 meals doesn’t sound unreasonable in the event of an emergency-

These days you're lucky to get a bag of peanuts on the average commercial flight. But on Air Force One, the president, flying staff and traveling press are served by two kitchen galleys equipped to feed up to 100 people with carefully prepared food fit for a president. If the president doesn't like what's on the menu, staff keep a supply of groceries on hand to prepare whatever he’s craving.
...
It is also equipped with an emergency room-

Not only does a doctor travel with the president when he flies, but there’s a medical facility on Air Force One that is equipped top act as an operating room in the event of a life-threatening emergency. The facility includes a well-stocked pharmacy and medical tools, operating table and equipment, and for long trips overseas, also carries an extra reserve of the president’s blood type in a refrigerator in the medical annex.
Air Force One: 10 Perks of Flying Like the President

Nice information, but I am throwing the bullshit flag at the story about the F-16s unable to keep up.

 

[depotoo]

No, billions-

Trump previously slammed the cost of the $4.2 billion Boeing program on Twitter as being too high and secured a personal promise from Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg to complete the program for under $4 billion.
Trump: An hour of negotiations saved more than $1 billion on Air Force One

Hey I'll sell my $50 fridge to them for half of that.

24 million was the original list price for the Boeing 747. The whole plane.

Why for that kind of money you could --- I dunno, settle an entire fraud lawsuit with a Mexican judge from Indiana so it goes away before the electoral college votes.

 

[frigidweirdo]

Trump has nothing to do with it-

Two outdated refrigerators being replaced on Air Force One will reportedly cost about $24 million.

The coolers on the presidential aircraft need to have the capacity to store 3,000 meals onboard, and two out of the five are in need of replacement, according to Defense One.

That's not really the point here.

Trump had nothing to do with beating ISIS, but he took credit or it.
Trump did nothing to get the economy rolling again, but he took credit for it.

So he can take credit for spending $24 million on fridges.

 

[my2¢]

I suppose this puts Biden in the mood to prank call Trump to ask, "Is your refrigerator running?"

 

[Wyatt earp]

Trump has nothing to do with it-

Two outdated refrigerators being replaced on Air Force One will reportedly cost about $24 million.

The coolers on the presidential aircraft need to have the capacity to store 3,000 meals onboard, and two out of the five are in need of replacement, according to Defense One.

3K meals? Why? I can see maybe a little over half that, but seriously? 3K?

Nuclear war....stay up for a week or so....



I thought Trump got a new air force one?

 

[depotoo]

Not yet. They were just ordered and won’t be ready until 2024.

Trump has nothing to do with it-

Two outdated refrigerators being replaced on Air Force One will reportedly cost about $24 million.

The coolers on the presidential aircraft need to have the capacity to store 3,000 meals onboard, and two out of the five are in need of replacement, according to Defense One.

3K meals? Why? I can see maybe a little over half that, but seriously? 3K?

Nuclear war....stay up for a week or so....



I thought Trump got a new air force one?

 

[Wyatt earp]

Not yet. They were just ordered and won’t be ready until 2024.

Trump has nothing to do with it-

Two outdated refrigerators being replaced on Air Force One will reportedly cost about $24 million.

The coolers on the presidential aircraft need to have the capacity to store 3,000 meals onboard, and two out of the five are in need of replacement, according to Defense One.

3K meals? Why? I can see maybe a little over half that, but seriously? 3K?

Nuclear war....stay up for a week or so....



I thought Trump got a new air force one?

Oh I thought it was already built, but wait a second it won't be finished till after he is president? Then why didn't the cheap skate upgrade to the refueling in mid air option?

 

[depotoo]

They already do that.

Not yet. They were just ordered and won’t be ready until 2024.

Trump has nothing to do with it-

Two outdated refrigerators being replaced on Air Force One will reportedly cost about $24 million.

The coolers on the presidential aircraft need to have the capacity to store 3,000 meals onboard, and two out of the five are in need of replacement, according to Defense One.

3K meals? Why? I can see maybe a little over half that, but seriously? 3K?

Nuclear war....stay up for a week or so....



I thought Trump got a new air force one?

Oh I thought it was already built, but wait a second it won't be finished till after he is president? Then why didn't the cheap skate upgrade to the refueling in mid air option?

 

[Wyatt earp]

They already do that.

Not yet. They were just ordered and won’t be ready until 2024.

Trump has nothing to do with it-

Two outdated refrigerators being replaced on Air Force One will reportedly cost about $24 million.

The coolers on the presidential aircraft need to have the capacity to store 3,000 meals onboard, and two out of the five are in need of replacement, according to Defense One.

3K meals? Why? I can see maybe a little over half that, but seriously? 3K?

Nuclear war....stay up for a week or so....



I thought Trump got a new air force one?

Oh I thought it was already built, but wait a second it won't be finished till after he is president? Then why didn't the cheap skate upgrade to the refueling in mid air option?

White House Cuts Aerial Refueling From New Air Force One



.

 

[depotoo]

Wow, didn’t realize they were eliminating it on the new ones. I know the currents ones have it.. I found where some were upset it was removed, where others praise it as the new design will allow it to fly at least 10,000 nautical miles before needing to be refueled.

They already do that.

Not yet. They were just ordered and won’t be ready until 2024.

3K meals? Why? I can see maybe a little over half that, but seriously? 3K?

Nuclear war....stay up for a week or so....



I thought Trump got a new air force one?

Oh I thought it was already built, but wait a second it won't be finished till after he is president? Then why didn't the cheap skate upgrade to the refueling in mid air option?

White House Cuts Aerial Refueling From New Air Force One



.

 

[FA_Q2]

Not yet. They were just ordered and won’t be ready until 2024.

Trump has nothing to do with it-

Two outdated refrigerators being replaced on Air Force One will reportedly cost about $24 million.

The coolers on the presidential aircraft need to have the capacity to store 3,000 meals onboard, and two out of the five are in need of replacement, according to Defense One.

3K meals? Why? I can see maybe a little over half that, but seriously? 3K?

Nuclear war....stay up for a week or so....



I thought Trump got a new air force one?

Oh I thought it was already built, but wait a second it won't be finished till after he is president? Then why didn't the cheap skate upgrade to the refueling in mid air option?

From your own link, the answer was given:

"Proponents of the cut argue that aerial refueling is not necessary considering no president has ever used the capability, not even George W. Bush who loitered over the Gulf of Mexico in Air Force One for eight hours after the 9/11 attacks."

Never used.