{"id":136861,"date":"2024-10-05T11:00:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-05T01:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/why-usaf-no-go-congress-on-c-40-vip-plane\/"},"modified":"2024-10-05T11:00:13","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T01:00:13","slug":"why-the-usaf-got-a-no-go-from-congress-on-2nd-boeing-c-40-vip-plane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=136861","title":{"rendered":"Why The USAF Got A ‘No-Go’ From Congress On 2nd Boeing C-40 VIP Plane"},"content":{"rendered":"

Members of the United States Congress<\/a> and other senior US government officials (such as the Joint Chiefs of Staff and members of the Presidential Cabinet), regardless of political party affiliation or ideology, tend to enjoy indulging in the perks and trappings of office, including VIP transport. That’s where the Boeing C-40 comes into play.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Senior US political leaders sure do love their VIP travel perks. So then, why did Congress disapprove a second Boeing C-40?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,398,422,412,4055,6415],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-boeing","category-boeing-737","category-military","category-us-congress","category-vip-transport"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t