Air Force One will be sporting new colors soon. On Wednesday, the U.S. Air Force released an artist’s rendering of the presidential jet in a red, white, gold and dark blue paint scheme. That is a change from the current white and two-tone blue colors,

Washington: The US Air Force is rolling out a new paint scheme across its executive fleet, including the next-generation Air Force One aircraft, in a colour palette of red, white, gold and dark blue, the service has announced.

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