President Bush, currently visiting the Middle East, has named Air Force Lt. Gen. William Fraser to oversee compliance with the US-backed Israeli-Palestinian peace plan known as the “roadmap,” AFP news service reported yesterday. Fraser serves currently as assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff in the Pentagon.
The Air Force has finished modifying and testing the new VC-25B Bridge aircraft that will serve as a temporary Air Force One, the service announced May 1. All that’s left now is to finish painting the jet before it starts flying this summer.