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Trump Unveils New Air Force One with New Colour Scheme
President Donald Trump on Friday showed off the new Air Force One, a formerly Qatari-owned jumbo jet that has been converted into the official U.S. presidential aircraft. The new aircraft eschews the Kennedy-era robin’s egg blue exterior of the old plane for a bolder look, with the underbelly of the plane painted navy blue with a red stripe above it. The plane’s left side, where the president boards, features the presidential seal, while the tail of the aircraft has a massive American flag on it.
“This plane was transformed into a flying White House at a level of luxury that nobody has ever seen before,” Trump said from inside the massive Joint Base Andrews hangar, as a couple hundred assembled Air Force personnel looked on.
→ Trump shows off new Air Force One, a gift from Qatar, and admits “a normal president wouldn’t do this”, Fortune, 20 June 2026
The new livery (Photo: U.S. Air Force)This aircraft, registration N7478D, is now the third Boeing VC-25 in service — the other two being registered as 28000 and 29000. When the President is on board one of these aircraft, it receives the call sign “Air Force One”.
Here’s the original VC-25, registration 28000, as Air Force One with President Obama aboard, on final approach to Langenhagen Airport (EDDV) on 24 April 2016 (I got up early on Sunday morning and grabbed this shot from my balcony when Obama arrived for his TTIP trade visit to Hannover):
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Katy’s New Site
After quite some time and a lot of work, I have now launched the new version of my wife’s website. It lists all of her scientific publications and other information relevant to her research: scherschel.science
I am obviously very proud — more so of my wife than of the website.
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US / Iran Peace Negotiations Are Progressing
Some good news for a change:
The U.S. and Iran made progress during talks in Switzerland on Monday toward reaching a final deal within 60 days, including the agreement to establish a committee and a mechanism to end hostilities in Lebanon.
“The Lake Lucerne Summit was conducted in a positive and constructive atmosphere. Encouraging progress has been made, including the creation of a mechanism for further technical talks,” according to a joint statement by mediating parties Qatar and Pakistan.
Building on a memorandum of understanding signed last week, the parties agreed to establish a “High Level Committee” that will provide political oversight of the mediation. Chief negotiators will report regularly to the committee and lead working groups on nuclear, sanctions, and dispute resolution, according to the joint statement.
The parties also agreed to establish a “de-confliction” cell between the U.S., Iran and Lebanon, facilitated by the mediating countries, to ensure full termination of military hostilities in Lebanon.
→ U.S., Iran agree on roadmap for final deal and plan to end military operations in Lebanon, CNBC
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