Vice presidents started traveling by plane via Air Force Two in 1959. Vice President JD Vance flies in a C-32, a custom military version of a commercial jetliner. It features a communications center, ...
Air Force One isn't a regular airliner with VIP seating. It's a hardened, classified, and highly customized command center built into a plane. That means whoever builds it needs top-level access to ...
WASHINGTON, June 5 (Reuters) - It will cost hundreds of millions of dollars to retrofit a Qatari luxury Boeing 747 jetliner to fly as the new Air Force One, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said on ...
The VC-25A first entered service in 1990, while George H.W. Bush was in office. Built on the 747-2008 airframe but extensively customized at Boeing’s Wichita facility, the VC-25A is its own distinct ...
Air Force One is one of the most popular aircraft calling signs in the world and refers to the aircraft used by the President of the United States for official travel. The current modified Boeing 747 ...