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.

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 ...

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

Boeing has hired a former Northrop Grumman executive, Steve Sullivan, to lead its Air Force One program, according to two ...