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Air Force Two is the air traffic control designated call sign held by any United States Air Force aircraft carrying the vice president of the United States, but not the president. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The term is often associated with the Boeing C-32 , a modified 757 which is most commonly used as the vice president's transport.
A C-32A dwarfed by a VC-25A at Paris-Orly Airport, 2009. The C-32A is the military designation for the Boeing 757-2G4, a variant of the Boeing 757-200, a mid-size, narrow-body twin-engine jet airliner—that has been modified for government VIP transport use, including a change to a 45-passenger interior and military avionics. [1]
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST or Hubble) is a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remains in operation. It was not the first space telescope, but it is one of the largest and most versatile, renowned as a vital research tool and as a public relations boon for astronomy.
James Webb telescope data suggests undiscovered cosmic force could be behind Universe’s expansion. ... Tension," which refers to Hubble Space Telescope observations over 30 years that show the ...
The 100-inch (2.5 m) Hooker telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory that Hubble used to measure galaxy distances and a value for the rate of expansion of the universe. Edwin Hubble's arrival at Mount Wilson Observatory, California, in 1919 coincided roughly with the completion of the 100-inch (2.5 m) Hooker Telescope , then the world's largest.
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Colonel (Air Corps) Gordon Marion Graham, United States Army Air Forces, for gallantry in action as Pilot of a P-51 Fighter Airplane and Commander of the 354th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Group, Eighth ...
SAM 26000 was the first of two Boeing VC-137C United States Air Force aircraft specifically configured and maintained for use by the President of the United States.It used the callsign Air Force One when the president was on board, otherwise SAM 26000 (spoken as 'SAM two-six-thousand'), with SAM indicating Special Air Mission.
Air Force Two is the call sign for any U.S. Air Force aircraft carrying the Vice President of the United States. Air Force Two may also refer to: Boeing C-32, the Boeing 757-based aircraft most often used as Air Force Two; In Her Line of Fire, a film known as Air Force Two in several countries; Japanese Air Force Two