Unlike today’s Air Force One, a modified Boeing 747, the Constellation could not hold the president’s entire staff plus a gaggle of reporters. The cabin of Columbine II had a scant 16 seats.

Long before today’s high-tech jets, a Lockheed VC-121A-LO Constellation marked the beginning of what we now know as Air Force One. But it wasn’t just about transport—an unexpected incident ...

Air Force One is most closely associated with an airframe equipped to protect the president and his ability to govern from anywhere. ... a Lockheed Super Constellation named Columbine III.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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

When Donald Trump flies back to Mar-a-Lago next, he'll fly on Air Force One. He also may get his red, white and blue design for the aircraft.

Air Force One Phone Records Are Among Data Sought by Subpoena in C.I.A. Leak Inquiry. White House has received subpoenas in investigation into leak of undercover CIA officer's name; is complying ...