Transforming a Qatari luxury Boeing 747 jet into Air Force One will “probably” cost less than $400 million, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink told lawmakers on Thursday.

“I think there has been a number thrown around, on the order of a billion dollars, but a lot of those costs associated with that are costs that we would’ve experienced anyway,” he said in a House Armed Services Committee hearing, adding that this included other platforms for training and spares.

“It’s probably less than $400 million to retrofit that aircraft.”

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