President Trump is planning to update Air Force One, describing the current light-blue design as dated and insufficiently patriotic, according to White House and campaign advisers. He plans to make the top half of the plane white and the bottom half dark blue, including the belly.
“When you have a light blue belly, it’s there for a reason,” said McCarter partner Alex Major, who co-leads the government contracts practice and is a retired Air Force intelligence officer. He warned that a dark blue belly would not be “visually benign” and could make it easier to detect Air Force One in the sky.