这位政府官员没有透露是否包括安全升级。一位政府消息人士周五告诉美国广播公司新闻,卡塔尔赠送给美国的新空军一号目前正在对其内部进行“外观升级”。
The administration official did not say whether security upgrades are included. The new Air Force One gifted to the U.S. by Qatar is currently undergoing "cosmetic upgrades" to its interior, an administration source told ABC News on Friday.
此前,唐纳德·特朗普总统上个月告诉美国广播公司(ABC)的雷切尔·斯科特(Rachel Scott),这架新飞机将在本月因加强安全措施而被“最大限度”,整个过程将需要大约60天。
This comes after President Donald Trump told ABC's Rachel Scott last month that the new plane would be sent away to get "maxed out" with increased security measures this month and that the process would take about 60 days. "It's going to be maxed out.
“它会被最大化的。是的,它会消失并--制造出宏伟的飞机。内饰方面,最好的。发动机是最好的,”特朗普当时告诉斯科特。"[...]它有很多东西,但要最大限度地发挥作用,这意味着您可以进入任何领域,大约需要60天。它将于十月发送以达到最大值。“政府消息人士没有提及安全升级,白宫也没有立即回应有关是否包括安全升级、该项目预计何时完成或飞机何时恢复服务的问题。
Yeah, it's going to go away and -- to make magnificent plane. Interior wise, the best. Engines, the best," Trump told Scott at the time. "[...] it has a lot of stuff, but to max it out, meaning you can go into any territory, it'll take about 60 days. And it's being sent in October to be maxed out." The administration source did not mention security upgrades and the White House did not immediately respond to questions about whether security upgrades will be included, when the project is expected to be completed or when the plane will return to service.
这架新飞机是卡塔尔王室赠送的价值4亿美元的礼物,引起了一些立法者和道德专家对这一前所未有的外国礼物的质疑。
The new plane, a gift from the Qatari royal family worth $400 million, has raised questions from some lawmakers and ethics experts over the unprecedented foreign gift.
今年早些时候,特朗普称这架大约14岁的飞机是“世界上最豪华的飞机”。“目前尚不清楚新型空军一号服役的确切日期,但特朗普于六月公布了它。这架卡塔尔天才喷气式飞机的最后一次记录是在9月1日。16前往北卡罗来纳州。
Earlier this year, Trump called the jet, which is approximately 14 years old, "the world's most luxurious plane." It is unclear the exact date the new Air Force One went into service, but Trump unveiled it in June. The last documented trip the Qatari-gifted jet made was Sept. 16 to North Carolina.
总统最近乘坐旧空军一号进行了国内旅行,包括周四访问德克萨斯州和俄克拉荷马州,上周日前往芝加哥参加总统杯高尔夫锦标赛,上周六前往田纳西州参加大学橄榄球比赛,以及参加9月在纽约举行的联合国大会。21和22。
特朗普9月初乘坐新飞机参加共和党中期代表大会的行程因军事人员意外触发飞机的一处紧急滑梯而被推迟。
The president has flown on the old Air Force One for recent domestic trips, including Thursday's visit to Texas and Oklahoma, to Chicago last Sunday for the Presidents Cup golf tournament, to Tennessee last Saturday for a college football game, and to the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on Sept. 21 and 22. Trump's trip aboard the new plane to the Republican midterm convention in early September was delayed after military personnel accidentally triggered one of the plane's emergency slides.
如果总统的60天时间轴保持不变,新的空军一号将无法参加定于11月在菲律宾举行的东盟峰会和在中国举行的亚太经合组织峰会。特朗普已确认他计划参加亚太经合组织。
If the president's 60-day timeline holds, the new Air Force One would be out of commission for travel to the ASEAN Summit in the Philippines and the APEC summit in China, which are both scheduled in November. Trump has confirmed that he plans to attend APEC.
总统从9月11日起乘坐卡塔尔赠送的飞机飞往爱尔兰11比13,这是他自7月份在离开土耳其北约峰会时因伊朗威胁而秘密转机以来的首次国际访问。
The president flew on the Qatari-gifted plane to Ireland from Sept. 11 to 13, marking its first international trip since he secretly switched planes while leaving the NATO summit in Turkey in July amid threats against him from Iran.
当时,消息人士告诉美国广播公司新闻,特勤局已敦促特朗普乘坐旧的空军一号作为安全预防措施,而《纽约时报》7月份报道称,新飞机缺乏前一型号的反导能力。美国官员还告诉美国广播公司,这一决定部分受到飞机安全能力差异的影响。白宫当时捍卫了飞机的安全。
At the time, sources told ABC News that the Secret Service had urged Trump to fly on the older Air Force One as a security precaution, and the New York Times reported in July that the new plane lacked the anti-missile capabilities the previous model has. U.S. officials had also told ABC that the decision was influenced in part by differences in the plane's security capabilities. The White House defended the plane's safety at the time.
“新型空军一号是一架最先进的飞机,配备了高级安全协议,确保总统及其工作人员的安全,”通讯总监张史蒂文在7月份给《纽约时报》的一份声明中表示。“正如总统最近所说,美国的许多敌人都瞄准了他,我们利用一切可用的工具来应对这些威胁。“秘密飞机交换的消息传出后,特朗普表示这一决定是由特勤局和美国军方做出的。
"The new Air Force One is a state-of-the-art aircraft that has been fitted with high-level security protocols that ensure the safety of the president and his staff," Steven Cheung, the communications director, said in a statement to the New York Times in July. "As the president has said recently, there are many enemies of America who have their sights on him, and we use every tool at our disposal to address those threats." After news broke of the secret plane swap, Trump said the decision was made by the Secret Service and U.S. military.