Air Forcethis deal is focused on providing a great value for the Air Force and the best price for the taxpayer. Key to the value proposition here is that the Air Force would still have to outfit the new 7. Air Force One requires. These include private conference rooms in the cabin, private quarters for the president, an operating room for medical emergencies, a mid air refueling probe, flares hidden in the wings to deter missile attacks, and a fuselage that can survive a nuclear blast on the ground. Based on a Pentagon budget request, the Air Force has the budget to spend nearly 3. Its so far unclear how much the Air Force would pay Boeing for the two planes recovered from Transaero, and its possible we might never know the price of the deal. But still, Donald Trump must be pleased. The man behind The Art of the Dealbarked loudly after his election last November that the new Air Force One was just too expensive. Never mind the fact that Trump might never get to fly in one of the two new Air Force One aircraft, which are expected to enter service some time between 2. If the deal does go through, however, we can expect the president to take credit. The irony of the fact that the comes from a backdoor Russian source while the Trumps administration is under investigation for colluding with Russia will be lost on no one.