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$24m coolers for Air Force One


The fridges in the U.S President's plane, Air Force One, are being updated with the entirety of $24 million.

The agreement for the update by the new government has been granted to Boeing, Washington Post investigated Sunday.

The U.S. Aviation based armed forces will pay the air transportation behemoth $23,657,671 to supplant two of the five chiller units on the plane.

The units, which are utilized to store sustenance, were introduced on the plane when it was initially conveyed in 1990.

The plane now required extra chilly nourishment storage room "to help locally available staff for an expanded timeframe, without restocking while abroad," Air Force representative Ann Stefanek said in an email.

"The [old] units depended on the innovation at the time and intended for here and now sustenance stockpiling," Stefanek said.

"Despite the fact that adjusted all the time, unwavering quality has diminished with disappointments expanding, particularly in hot/muggy conditions. The units can't adequately bolster mission prerequisites for nourishment stockpiling."

The new icebox units will have almost 70 cubic feet of storage room, she said.

The $24 million will likewise take care of the expense of testing and affirmation by the Federal Aviation Administration, as indicated by the agreement.

Business related to the redesign will be completed in Oklahoma City, San Antonio and different urban areas, and the work is relied upon to be finished before the finish of October 2019, the agreement expressed.

The high-cost overhaul was first revealed by Defense One, which definite the special needs of the presidential flying machine — the plane purportedly needs refrigerated storage room for around 3,000 dinners — and also the White House's and Air Force's strict necessities for "bespoke gear" with regards to Air Force One.

The task has begun drawing in remarks the same number of online networking posts censuring the venture.

Michael Coates tweeted "So they need to burn through $24 million on new coolers for Air Force One … . For what reason don't they simply give Trump a fridge and some corndogs? Give him a chance to unpleasant it''.

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