Air Force One on Ottawa Tarmac (Photo by �� Christopher J. Morris/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images) President Joe Biden decided to stick with blue and white for the exterior color scheme of the next Air Force One aircraft, though the classic design will be slightly modernized.The U.S.
Air Force announced Friday evening that the new VC-25B aircraft, a modified 747-8i, will feature three primary differences: a slightly deeper and more modern tone of light blue, a darker blue on the engines matching the color in the cockpit area, and no polished metal section.The polished metal section was scrapped because modern commercial aircraft skin alloys don't allow for it, the USAF said.Boeing is replacing the aging VC-25A fleet that uses the Air Force One call sign when the POTUS is aboard with the VC-25B aircraft because of capability gaps, rising maintenance costs and "parts obsolescence."BOEING'S AIR FORCE ONE, TANKER PROGRAMS DENT DEFENSE UNITBiden's color choice follows a June 2022 decision to do away with the red-white-and-blue design proposed by President Donald Trump in 2018 after an Air Force review suggested the darker colors would increase costs and delay delivery.US President Joe Biden disembarks from Air Force One upon arrival at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, on February 28, 2023 after traveling to Virginia Beach, Virginia to speak about health care costs. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP In Trump's patriotic design, the top half of the plane would have been white and the bottom of the plane would have been dark blue, including the belly.