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Trump unveils Qatari luxury jet for Air Force One fleet that cost $934 million to retrofit. (www.bbc.com)

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Article on the rerouted funds:

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth just found nearly a billion dollars — $934 million to be exact — hidden deep in the Pentagon couch cushions. That money was supposed to fund Sentinel, a $77.7 billion modernization project for America’s aging nuclear missile system. Instead, it’s being rerouted to a classified project.

https://thehill.com/opinion/lindseys-lens/5423497-hegseth-rerouting-pentagon-funds-to-refurbish-qatari-jet-into-air-force-one/

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[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 hours ago

It's the same reason why the Airbus 340 was made. Before the extension of ETOPS, many airlines who wanted to fly long routes over water wanted 4 engines, especially asian customers.