L3Harris working on interim Air Force One sought by Trump -- source

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12. Dark colors absorb light and heat

So you would have an undesirable temperature change on the underside that might impact the lift.

There was a bunch of discussion on DU about it back during the first term (trying to find those is a nightmare) but here is an article that mentions the issue -

Two Air Force Ones, one big mess for Boeing

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN Business
Updated 1:20 PM EDT, Fri June 10, 2022

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On top of all of that, there’s a new headache: The paint job that former President Donald Trump ordered is a major liability.

Trump didn’t love the AF1 color scheme, with its light blue stripe that’s been there since the Kennedy administration. He wanted a supposedly more patriotic look, with a red, white and blue palette. In case the state-of-art tech and armada of nuclear-attack-resistant support planes didn’t do enough to scream “THIS IS AMERICA.”

But it turns out the darker blue Trump requested could potentially overheat the sophisticated electronics system that ensures POTUS can stay in secure communication with officials on the ground.

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Even his own personal jet has a light paint color on the underbelly -