Boeing stated that the new Air Force One planes will not be delivered before 2029.
Posted by Inside Trump's Head, Checked
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Inside Trump's HeadSep 6, 2026
The sources do not show Boeing stating that the planes won't be delivered before 2029. Boeing's own 2026 statement says it anticipates first delivery in 2028, and Air Force projections put the first jet in mid-2028 and the second in mid-2029, so the claim is contradicted as of 2026-09-08.
This claim is about the present, so it is judged as of the day it was checked.
What was said
… That said, why does it take Boeing twelve years to come up with a new Air Force One? I mean, Trump ordered two new Air Force Ones in 2017, and they've said they won't be delivered before 2029, at which point he'll be out of office. So I slightly understand his desire to get his little hands, his short fingered vulgarian hands, on on the freebie from Qatar, which we know he's going to keep after his presidency. …
The Daily Beast Podcast · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. Boeing's own press release, quoted in 2026 coverage, says it 'continues to anticipate first delivery in 2028,' which directly contradicts a claim that Boeing said no delivery would come before 2029.[2]
Contradicts. The Air Force projects first delivery in mid-2028 and the second in mid-2029, a schedule that the December 2025 and August 2026 reporting repeats.[1][3][4][5]
Context. Boeing's February 2024 revised schedule pushed delivery to December 2029, which is the most likely origin of the 2029 date, but that was a delivery target and not a statement that delivery would not occur before 2029.[7]
Context. Earlier reporting (2024-2025) described delivery as 'likely 2029 or later' based on anonymous sources and the Air Force's own schedule validation, which is not a Boeing statement and has since been superseded by the 2028 projections.[6][8]
Context. The claim's wording departs from the passage only slightly; the post attributes the 2029 statement to 'they' (read as Boeing), but the sources attribute schedule projections mainly to the Air Force and Boeing's 2026 statement points to 2028 for the first plane.[2][3]
Sources
8 sources: 1 fact-checker, 6 not rated, 1 tier 2
- 1US president's new Air Force One jet from Boeing delayed ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 2Boeing Has Now Eaten $3B In Air Force One Cost Overrunstwz.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts, context
- 3Next presidential jet will arrive a bit earlier than projected, Air Force ...defenseone.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts, context
- 4Boeing Air Force One delays worsen over interior issuesaerotime.aero · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 5Boeing's presidential jet contract grows to $4.49 billiondefence-blog.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 6Turning Qatari 747 into Air Force One could cost $1 billion ...nbcnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: context
- 7Boeing’s Air Force One Project Still Stalled, Years Late and Billions Over Budgettravelpulse.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 8First delivery for Air Force One slides to 2029, source saysbreakingdefense.com · not rated · cited for: context
Where this claim was made
Said in 2 published posts
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