Boeing VC-25 entered into a contract to purchase two of a bankrupt Russian firm's (Transaero) undelivered 747-8 Intercontinentals from Boeing, which is storing them in the Mojave Desert to prevent corrosion. These aircraft are to be retrofitted with telecommunications and security equipment to bring them to the required security level for the presidential aircraft. On 27 February 2018, the White House announced a $3.9 billion agreement with Boeing to modify two unsold 747-8s to replace the current VC-25A fleet. The new aircraft will be designated VC-25B. They are due to be delivered by 2024. The VC-25 "Air Force One" is a prominent
Public image of Barack Obama has been portrayed in other comic books, in the more straightforward "Barack Obama: The Road to the White House" by IDW (and a couple of related comics), but also as Barack The Barbarian and in "Drafted: One Hundred Days" by Devil's Due Publishing, as a zombie hunter in Antarctic Press' "President Evil" and with the zombie killer Ash Williams in Dynamite's "Army of Darkness: Ash Saves Obama." The controversial Obama "Joker" poster depicts Obama as comic book supervillain, The Joker, based on the portrayal by Heath Ledger in "The Dark Knight". The image, which had been described as "shocking" and