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The second bus was used by Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney during the campaign leading up to the 2012 presidential election, and then deployed as a back-up for visiting dignitaries. In 2020, Mike Pence was transferred from Ground Force One to a limo after it was involved in a minor crash while traveling in western Pennsylvania.
There are at least ten limousines. There is also a bus unofficially called Ground Force One officially called Stagecoach, while the president is aboard, which is operated by the Secret Service. The first serving president to ride in a car was President William McKinley, who briefly rode in a Stanley Motor Carriage Company steam car on July 13 ...
First presidential aircraft to use the call sign "Air Force One". Retired in 1959. Columbine III, VC-121E (53-7885) used by President Eisenhower from 1954 to 1961. Retired in 1966. SAM 970, VC-137A/B (58-6970) used by presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy from 1959 to 1962. One of three VIP aircraft in service from 1959 to 1996 to transport senior ...
The bus comes with a suite of security precautions, including run-flat tires, armored exteriors, and heavily reinforced glass. AP Source: America's Book of Secrets "Presidential Transports," The ...
The president has no shortage of transit options, from Air Force One and Marine One to Cadillac One. Now meet the most recent addition to the fleet. Meet Ground Force One, the president's $1.1 ...
In all the images history can collect of a U.S. president, only a handful become iconic. For former President Jimmy Carter, who celebrated his 100th birthday Tuesday, one of those is from the day ...
This lead to the requisitioning of Al Capone's armored car, a 1928 Cadillac V-8 Town Sedan, confiscated for his tax evasion, for use until a proper armored limo was available. This allowed the Secret Service to protect the President on the way to his famous address to Congress. Al Capone's car would be the first armored car used by the ...
Trump's new Cadillac limo cost $1.5M, weighs 20,000 lbs, and comes equipped with a fridge full of the president's own blood type.