News, Air Force One's new refrigerators cost $24 million (how much, money, claim)

[user491]

This is ridiculous. Surely they could've found something cheaper that works just as well.

Spending way over what the average American earns in a lifetime on some refridgerators is just insane.

[lvmensch]

Originally Posted by user491

This is ridiculous. Surely they could've found something cheaper that works just as well.

Spending way over what the average American earns in a lifetime on some refridgerators is just insane.

Stop. These airplanes are institutions in a demanding environment. They are actually war machines.

[BugsyPal]

Originally Posted by lvmensch

Stop. These airplanes are institutions in a demanding environment. They are actually war machines.

So just how many times in recent memory has any AFO plane actually been used in any military capacity?


Twenty four very large ones to keep food cold for His Orangeness and his Missus as they fly back and forth to Florida, New Jersey and so forth?


DT had much to say about the high costs from Boeing regarding AFO during election and afterwards, but again now we hear a different story.

[greywar]

Originally Posted by lvmensch

Stop. These airplanes are institutions in a demanding environment. They are actually war machines.

War machines should have MRE's, not five large fancy multi million dollar refrigerators.

[burdell]

Originally Posted by parfleche

The effing swamp.Trump did not create it He is trying to drain it.

And failing like the buffoon he is.

[PilgrimsProgress]

CNN is the source so I'd ignore it. I'm sure that amount includes many other upgrades.

But CNN thinks that is more important than Trump being in Davos meeting CEOs from the biggest companies in the world who want to do business in the US now that our business climate is finally business-friendly. They treated Trump like a rock star. One of those CEOs even called CNN fake news -- did he spot Jim "Ted Baxter" Acosta in the crowd?

[ryanst530]

We're politicizing this now too?? Seriously?

[PullMyFinger]

Originally Posted by odanny

I hear the gold plated faucets weren’t cheap either.

Took you a whole minute to come up with that gem?

[BugsyPal]

Originally Posted by PilgrimsProgress

CNN is the source so I'd ignore it. I'm sure that amount includes many other upgrades.

But CNN thinks that is more important than Trump being in Davos meeting CEOs from the biggest companies in the world who want to do business in the US now that our business climate is finally business-friendly. They treated Trump like a rock star. One of those CEOs even called CNN fake news -- did he spot Jim "Ted Baxter" Acosta in the crowd?

Again, am amazed just how little thinking out of the box goes on in this forum. Instead of simply disputing a story based upon source has it ever occured to some of you to do own research?


Say this because 99.9% of the time someone post such statements the story in question can be verified via other sources.


Air Force One Needs New Refrigerators. They Cost $24 Million - Defense One


As for your statement, no; the contract is excuslively releated to replacing refrigerators, and nothing else.


"The Boeing Co., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, has been awarded a $23,657,671 contract for engineering support services for VC-25A G12/G13 chillers, including prototype design, manufacture/procurement, installation, and the testing of one prototype, consisting of both Group A and Group B equipment. The Air Force requires that the current air chillers in the G12 and G13 galleys be modified with new cold food stowage to improve reliability and maintainability. Work will be performed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; San Antonio, Texas; and various other locations, with an expected completion date of Oct. 30, 2019. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Fiscal 2017 procurement funds in the amount of $23,657,671 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, is the contracting activity (FA8106-17-D-0002/FA8106-18-F-1002)."


https://www.defense.gov/News/Contrac...ticle/1403876/

[neko_mimi]

Didn't Obama place a 4 billion dollar order for two new jets that Trump later canceled? That sounds like a net savings of 3.976 billion. Still #winning.