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Four US presidents flew aboard the Air Force One plane known as SAM 970. SAM (Special Air Missions) 970, a US Air Force jet plane, in 1974. Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
President and Mrs. Kennedy exit the VC-137A previously used as Air Force One in Mexico City in June 1962. John F. Kennedy was the first president to use SAM 26000 in 1962. [4] [5] Kennedy first flew on the aircraft on November 10, 1962, to attend the funeral services of former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt in Hyde Park, New York. [6]
The Fords in the President's forward cabin on SAM 27000. Nixon was the first president to use this Air Force One, dubbing it and its sister plane, SAM 26000, the "Spirit of '76", having that phrase painted on the nose of the two aircraft, although later removed by President Carter.
Columbine II was the first plane to bear the call sign Air Force One. This designation for the U.S. Air Force aircraft carrying the incumbent president was established after an incident in 1953, when "Eastern Air Lines 8610", a commercial flight, crossed paths with "Air Force 8610", which was carrying President Eisenhower. [3] [11]
It is the US Air Force's most expensive plane to operate, at $159,529 per hour. Air Force One, the US president's aircraft, is known as the "flying Oval Office" for its ability to function as a ...
Air Force One is the official air traffic control-designated call sign for a United States Air Force aircraft carrying the president of the United States. The term is commonly used to denote U.S. Air Force aircraft modified and used to transport the president, and as a metonym for the primary presidential aircraft, VC-25 , although it can be ...
Trump boards Air Force One as he departs for North Carolina. Trump was last photographed stepping off Air Force One on Jan. 20, 2021, while Joe Biden was being sworn in as president that day.
It was established after a 1954 incident in which a commercial flight, Eastern Air Lines 8610, crossed paths with Air Force 8610, which was carrying President Eisenhower. Initially used informally, the designation became official in 1962, and this was the start of calling the Presidential aircraft Air Force One. [11] [12] [10] [13]