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  1. Sep 1, 2020 · Essentially, the plane is a 757-200, but it has been modified to serve some very important personnel. Along with the Vice President, the First Lady and the Secretary of State are often passengers on this plane. However, the aircraft is only referred to as Air Force Two when the VP is onboard.

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  2. Jun 23, 2022 · Vice presidents started traveling by plane via Air Force Two in 1959. Vice President Kamala Harris flies in a C-32, a custom military version of a commercial jetliner.

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  3. Richard Nixon was one of the first senior officials in American government to travel internationally via jet aircraft on official business, taking a Boeing VC-137A Stratoliner on his visit to the Soviet Union in July 1959 for the Kitchen Debates as Eisenhower's vice president.

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  5. Then-Vice President Richard Nixon first used a VC-137A on his visit to Russia in July 1959 for the Kitchen Debates. The following month, Eisenhower became the first president to fly via jet airplane when he used SAM 970, nicknamed "Queenie", to meet German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer.

  6. Matt York/AP. The jet was first used by President Gerald Ford's vice president, Nelson Rockefeller. It featured a VIP cabin with 10 seats and a main cabin with 32 first-class seats....

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  7. Oct 1, 2021 · The first bespoke Presidential jet – Boeing 707. President John F. Kennedy became the first President to fly in an aircraft that had been specifically built as a presidential transport. His Air Force One was a modified Boeing 707 with tail number 26000.

  8. Eisenhower became the first U.S. president to fly by jet on SAM 970 on August 26, 1959. SAM 970 was the first of three 707s acquired in 1959 as presidential aircraft, designated the VC-137 series. In addition to Eisenhower, SAM 970 has carried Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon, as well as foreign leaders such as Nikita Khrushchev.

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