Air Force Finds Cheap 747s That Were Owned by Russian Airline for .peanuts..
www.popularmechanics.com/flight/.../trump-air-force-one-cheap-747s-russian-airline/
Aug 1, 2017 - Surplus from a now-bankrupt Russian airline, the planes could provide ... 747-8s that were previously owned by Russian airline Transaero, but never delivered to Russia. ... Two years earlier, Transaero ordered the 747s, but the struggling ... Logistics Airport in Victorville, in the middle of the Mojave Desert.
I’m pretty sure I posted a thread about that back then.