Kristi Noem splashed out a whopping $172 million purchasing not one but two luxury aircrafts to jet herself and other department officials around.

The Coast Guard, a division of the Department of Homeland Security, had already requested an estimated $50 million for a spanking new Gulfstream V jet to replace the apparently run-down old one the secretary has apparently been using.

Documents obtained by the New York Times reportedly show DHS has now signed a deal with Gulfstream to purchase two “used” G700s, a model which apparently boasts “the most spacious cabin in the industry.” The newspaper adds it’s been unable to determine exactly where the funding came from.

“The avionics are increasingly obsolete, the communications are increasingly unreliable and it’s in need of recapitalization

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