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Air Force One Needs 2 New Refrigerators. Together, They Cost $24M
- dekhn 9y agothat sounds about right for a presidential class, ultra-customized air fortress. Note the previous ones lasted a couple decades; they're buying a system that has a long-term support contract associated with it.
- cimmanom 9y agoMy parents' 1975 refrigerator also lasted two decades. I get that an airborne refrigerator has different parameters for things like weight and form factor than a standard kitchen one does, but it's not like these should have to be custom made. Maybe a standard commercial jet refrigerator won't do, but surely the ones used on other private airplanes would? And FFS, it's a refrigerator. What are the security implications?
- dekhn 9y agoAir Force 1 (really, a VC25A) is a completely customized airplane designed to carry the commander in chief of the most powerful country in the world, indefinitely in the case of war (the airplane refuels in midair). Comparing it to your parents refrigerator is outright disingenous.