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President Joe Biden on Monday took his first flight aboard the modern VH-92A helicopter that serves as Marine One after years of delays to the program to replace the aging aircraft that carry the ...
The Sikorsky/Lockheed Martin VH-92 Patriot [4] is an American helicopter operated in the United States Marine Corps' Marine One U.S. presidential transport fleet. It is a militarized variant of the Sikorsky S-92 and is larger than the former Marine One helicopters.
Marine One is the call sign of any United States Marine Corps aircraft carrying the president of the United States. [1] As of 2024, it denotes a presidential transport helicopter operated by Marine Helicopter Squadron One "Nighthawks", consisting of either the large new VH-92A Patriot and smaller VH-60N "White Hawk".
Biden takes inaugural flight in long-delayed new 'Marine One' helicopter DNC schedule: When Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, Michelle Obama and more will speak 21:30 , Oliver O'Connell
U.S. Marine Corps VH-3 Sea King, operating as Marine One, landing on the south lawn of the White House. The SH-3 was the primary helicopter for retrieving crewed space capsules starting with Mercury-Atlas 7 in May 1962. [44] Helicopter 66 was the primary recovery vehicle for Apollo missions 8 and 10 to 13. [45]
Marine One costs between $16,700 and almost $20,000 per hour to operate, according to Pentagon data for the 2022 budget year. Air Force One is even more expensive: roughly $200,000 per hour.
Marine Helicopter Squadron One, which operates the aircraft, has been using the VH-92 helicopters for several years in regular service, including test flights around Washington, D.C. and to carry White House staff and security personnel.
VH-60N helicopter used to transport the President of the United States. In modern times, the main aircraft flown by the U.S. President are specialized jet airliners and helicopters. The first Presidential flight was in 1943, FDR took a flying boat to Casablanca during WW2.