Trump increases the pressure on Boeing over the Air Force one delayed: “Not happy”

President Donald Trump He said he was “not satisfied with the fact that Boeing built the next air force, adding that there was no excuse for delay.

Trump said at the end of Wednesday after the Trump administration official confirmed Fox Business that the Air Force reagent is delayed until 2029 or later from the questions that the main contractors Boeing is attributed to global supply networks and changing project requirements.

“I’m not satisfied with Boeing. It will take a long time, you know the Air Force. It takes so much time and we can do something else,” Trump told reporters on the Board Air Force One.

“We can go and buy the plane, get the plane or anything. But I’m not happy with what it has been taking Boeing for so long,” he added. “No excuse for this.”

The new Boeing Air Force was delayed until 2029 or later, the official says

President Donald Trump shows when he goes to the Air Force first at Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida. (Joe Redl / Getti Images / Getty Images)

When asked about alternative planes, Trump said, “I don’t consider Airbus over Boeing.”

“But I could buy the one used and transformed it. Maybe I could buy it in another country or get one from another country,” he said. “So we look at other alternatives because it’s too long to take Boeing.”

Boeing did not immediately responded to the Fox Business comment request on Thursday morning.

The new Air Force contract first was initially awarded Boeing in 2018 when he received a $ 3.9 billion contract for the construction of two new 747-8 aircraft for use as a air force that was supposed to be delivered by December 2024, But the following delays led to this pushed to 2027 or 2028, with the new delay pushed this back.

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According to the Trump administration official, the new Air Force is delayed by at least 2029. (Photos of Reuters / Reuters)

“It’s funny that the provision of a new Air Force Airplane has been delayed for a long time,” said White House director Stephen Cheng Cheng Business. The plane that was needed for a while. ”

Boeing 747-8s which will eventually serve Air Air Developed as in the air, the White House, which can fly in the worst safety scenarios such as nuclear war, and change through military avionics, advanced communications and self -defense systems.

Ted Kolbert, the head of the defense, space and security of Boeing, which has left the company since, said in July that Boeing is dealing with a supply chain, inflation, labor and Other problems in the construction of aircraft, which are highly modified versions of 747 airliners.

For the first time in 2018, the next generation air force were ordered. (US Air Forces / Staff Sergeant. Nicholas Erwin / Dvids / Fox News)

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Boeing has lost more than $ 2 billion on the program amid delay.

Eric Revel and Edward Lawrence contributed to this report.