Air Force Picks Boeing 747-8 To Replace Air Force One: Sources

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Thomson ReutersMedia and White House staff board Air Force One for an early morning departure with U.S. President Barack Obama to India, at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force plans to announce on Wednesday that it has decided to use Boeing Co's commercial 747-8 airliner to replace its current fleet of Air Force One presidential aircraft, two sources familiar with the decision said on Wednesday.

The decision comes a month after Boeing said it would slow production of the 747-8 aircraft from 1.5 a month to 1.3 a month.

(Reporting by Andrea Shalal; Editing by Sandra Maler)

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