Air Force One will be painted in Donald Trump's favorite colors – gold, red, white and navy blue
Air Force One, the American presidential plane. Photo: Brendan King / Alamy / Profimedia
The United States Air Force has decided to apply President Donald Trump's favorite color scheme to Air Force One, the presidential aircraft – gold, red, white and dark blue -, which represents a deviation from the traditional color scheme of these aircraft, informs the EFE agency, quoted by Agerpres.
According to US Air Force sources cited by US media outlets such as CNN, the Boeing 747s that will operate as Air Force One will have this design in these colors, a scheme proposed by the Republican during his first term (2017-2021), but abandoned in 2022 during the administration of Democrat Joe Biden due to technical problems.
“Further analysis concluded that darker colors, among other factors, on the underside of the VC-25B aircraft could contribute to temperatures exceeding current qualification limits for a small number of components,” a US Air Force spokesman said at the time.
Now, this new design marks a departure from the traditional colors decorating the presidential aircraft, which, since the John F. Kennedy administration (1961-1963), used only shades of light blue and white.
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The Air Force has clarified that the paint requirement will not be limited to the two future Air Force Ones: It will extend to four C-32 aircraft, as well as a controversial 747 donated by Qatar, which is outfitted for presidential use.
Since returning to power in January 2025, the Republican has made gold something of a personal brand inside the White House, where gold-plated objects abound on shelves, mantelpieces, doorknobs and lamps, almost an exact copy of the style of his private residence in Mar-a-Lago (Florida).
In doing so, Trump has pushed for a steady remodeling of the presidential residence, including ordering the demolition of the east wing to build a ballroom, despite criticism from detractors, historians and conservatives.
