claim: a new presidential helicopter "is now going to cost as much as air force one."
author: john mccain
evidence_1: dec 6, 2016 ... it's going to be over $4 billion for the air force one program, and i think that's  ridiculous. i think boeing is doing a little bit of a number. we want boeing to make  a lot of money, but not that much money.” boeing is building a brand new 747 air  force one for future presidents, but costs are out of control, more ...
evidence_2: dec 9, 2016 ... “boeing is building a brand new 747 air force one for future presidents, but costs  are out of control, more than $4 billion,” trump declared. “cancel ... that means  the reason the iconic aircraft cost so much isn't that greedy contractors are trying  to shake as much money as possible out of the government.
evidence_3: dec 6, 2016 ... at the time, development of new helicopters was plagued by cost overruns. ...  president-elect donald trump tweeted today that the government should cancel  its order with boeing for a new air force one, citing cost estimates of the project.  ... "your helicopter is now going to cost as much as air force one.
evidence_4: dec 6, 2016 ... boeing is building a brand new 747 air force one for future presidents, but costs  are out of control, more than $4 billion. ... last year the air force struck an  agreement with boeing to deliver two new 747s around 2024, by which time the  two planes now in service for presidential travel will be more than 30 ...
evidence_5: mar 1, 2017 ... it costs about $200,000 an hour to operate air force one — here's why it's so  expensive ... it's unclear how much the new model will cost. marine ... and in  instances in which the president is in a hurry, he has the option to bypass the  beast and go with marine one, the call sign for the presidential helicopter.