Boeing VC-25 as assembling only three airplanes in the US would not make financial sense. This made Boeing the only aircraft manufacturer interested in supplying the replacement aircraft, and was reported to be exploring a 787 option also. On 28 January 2015, the Air Force announced the selection of the Boeing 747-8 to replace the aging VC-25A for presidential transport. On 10 May 2016, the Air Force posted online an amendment to its Air Force One contract authorizing Boeing to begin preliminary design activities. However, the latest version of the contract synopsis confirmed that the government will buy just two modified 747-8
Family of Barack Obama they have since divorced. They have a daughter named Akinyi (b. 1997). In 2011, Auma Obama was interviewed for Turk Pipkin's documentary "Building Hope" and was the subject of a German documentary film "The Education of Auma Obama". In 2017 Auma Obama was honoured with the fourth International TÜV Rheinland Global Compact Award in Cologne. At the award ceremony, she received the bronze sculpture ‘Der Griff nach den Sternen’ (Reaching for the stars), solely made for the award, by artist Hannes Helmke. Said to be Barack Obama's half-brother, he is also known as Samson Obama, and was born in 1968