The first Air Force One aircraft is housed at the Marana Regional Airport. The Lockheed VC-121 Constellation 48-610 was affectionately named after the columbine, state flower of Colorado, the home ...

Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon used an Air Force One plane known as SAM 970. ... replacing the propeller-powered C-121C Super Constellation used by President Dwight Eisenhower.

President Harry Truman used the Sacred Cow as his presidential aircraft through much of his first term in office. In late 1947, the U.S. Air Force ordered a second custom-built presidential ...

Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon used an Air Force One plane known as SAM 970. The retired jet is now a museum exhibit.

The Eisenhower era saw Air Force One brought into the jet age. In August 1959 Eisenhower first flew aboard VC-137A, a Boeing 707 Stratoliner nicknamed “Queenie” that had been part of the ...

It became an indelible part of U.S. history in November 1963, when Johnson took his oath of office from Air Force One's cabin while Kennedy's body lay in rest in the back of the aircraft.

Air Force One has about 4,000 square feet of interior floor space, according to information from Boeing and the U.S. Air Force. That includes an executive suite with quarters for both the ...