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Air force one is the official air traffic control call sign for a united states air force aircraft carrying the president of the united states in common parlance the term is used to denote u s. When the 747 8 takes flight as the next air force one boeing airplanes will mark more than half a century of presidential service through the jet age.
Air force aircraft modified and used to transport the president.
Air force 1 planes. Air force one is the official air traffic control call sign for a united states air force aircraft carrying the president of the united states in common parlance the term is used to denote u s. Air force aircraft modified and used to transport the president. The aircraft are prominent symbols of the american presidency and its power.
Air force one any aircraft of the u s. Air force that is carrying the president of the united states strictly speaking air force one is the radio call sign adopted by any air force plane while the president is aboard. In common parlance however the call sign has become identified with specific aircraft reserved for use by the president for travel within the united states or abroad.
Air force announced that it will continue the boeing tradition with the 747 8 which will replace the two 747 200s that serve as the presidential air force one fleet. When the 747 8 takes flight as the next air force one boeing airplanes will mark more than half a century of presidential service through the jet age. The two aircraft most commonly referred to as air force one today are a pair of modified boeing 747s known by the military variant vc 25a.
They were ordered in the 1980s and are based on the boeing 747 200b fuselage with the 747 400 avionics and flight systems. A tour of air force one starting at the front of the plane up top in the hump there is of course the cockpit. It s a pretty standard 747 cockpit although there are a few more bells and whistles than your average commercial jumbo but we ll come to those later.
The air force one naming convention was established for communication purposes. The name was adopted in 1953 after a commercial plane eastern air lines flight 8610 entered president eisenhower s airspace when he was on board his plane which had a similar name air force 8610 after the incident. Air force 1 aircraft.
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Realistic panel lines antennas access panels and surface details. Authentic markings and placard details. The pilot of the aircraft at the time colonel ralph albertazzie was forced to contact air traffic control to report that the call sign for the plane had changed from air force one to sam 27000.
The following is a list of military aircraft currently used by united states air force. For a list of current aircraft in all branches of the united states military see here. Aircraft origin type variant in service notes combat aircraft.
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