Will the new QatarForceOne's fixes be completed in August? Funny how there were REAL safety concerns!!
71% of users predicted NO — the community got this one right. 42 predictions cast.
The Qatari-donated Boeing 747 serving as Trump's new Air Force One was not confirmed to have completed its additional security fixes by August 21, 2026. On July 20, Trump announced the aircraft, informally called the VC-25 Bridge Aircraft, would be taken offline for a "maxed out" security refit, including anti-missile defense systems, after a New York Times report found the jet lacked countermeasures standard on presidential aircraft. Trump said the work would "take about a month," meaning completion was not expected until roughly mid-to-late August at the earliest. Aviation and defense analysts publicly questioned whether that compressed schedule allowed sufficient time to integrate and test sophisticated defensive systems to military standards. No government or contractor statement confirmed the retrofit's completion as of the resolution date. The jet's original conversion, led by contractor L3Harris, had already drawn scrutiny over an accelerated timeline, and Senate Democrats had separately sought answers from the Air Force about the conversion process. The community leaned toward a no resolution, with only 29 percent voting yes on 42 votes, correctly anticipating that the fixes would not be wrapped up within August.