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Now there are only two manufactures who can supply the type of four engine aircraft that is required for Presidential Conveyance. They would be the Boeing 747-8 and the Airbus A380.
I for one would not want the President of the United States being transported in an Aircraft built buy a totally foreign country. When the AF one aircraft lands it is a symbol of the United State regardless if the president is on board or not. It would not be much of a symbol if it was built by Airbus. That and the fact that the A380 is way to much aircraft for Presidential travel. The A380 cannot go into many of the airports the present 747-200 or the 747-8 can operate from.
To ask a manufacturer to design a new aircraft or to retrofit an existing aircraft with four engines is cost prohibitive. So contrary to the article stating the Joints Chiefs have sourcing choice they do not. The new twins for AF one have to a Boeing and they have to be the 747-8.