Air Force One security personnel stand at their posts before a farewell ceremony in Kuwait City, Kuwait. Image courtesy Whitney Johnson / National GeographicMilitary Pegs Hourly Air Force One Cost At $181G, As Obama Sets Travel Record -- FOX News
The average American could buy a house for the amount of money
it takes to run Air Force One every hour.
The U.S. military has provided an updated estimate on that cost, first published by a taxpayer watchdog group and confirmed by FoxNews.com, and the number is staggering -- $181,757 per hour. That's the price tag for shuttling around President Obama, who, as it turns out, has spent more days abroad in his first two years than any other president.
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My Comment: It is not mentioned in any of the reports that I have read on Air Force One operating costs, but when President Obama flies around he always has a backup Air Force One a few minutes behind him. I suspect that the $181,757 per hour expense is for only one plane .... when it should be doubled to account for the backup plane.
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