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  2. Air Force One is the official air traffic control designated 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 and a metonym for the primary presidential aircraft, VC-25 , although it ...

  3. May 15, 2024 · 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.

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  4. Technically, “Air Force One” is used to designate any Air Force aircraft carrying the President, but it is now standard practice to use the term to refer to specific planes that are...

  5. Jan 5, 2024 · VC-25B: Everything We Know About The New Air Force One Boeing 747-8s So Far. By Jonathan E. Hendry. Published Jan 5, 2024. The first of the two new airplanes is scheduled for delivery in 2027 with a range of upgrades and efficiency improvements. Photo: Boeing.

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  6. Dec 7, 2016 · The incredible history of Air Force One. Benjamin Zhang. AP. Air Force One is instantly recognizable — both as the airplane of the President of the United States and as a flying...

  7. Jan 3, 2020 · It reaches a cruising speed of .84 Mach, which is 644 miles per hour. It’s got over 4,000 sq. feet of interior space which is plenty of room for the Commander In Chief and all his staff, plus media and guests. It’s a six-story high plane with a wingspan (195 feet) nearly as long as a C-5 Galaxy.

  8. About. Specs. Step Inside (VR) The first presidential jet plane, a specially built Boeing 707-153, is known as SAM (Special Air Mission) 970. This aircraft, as well as any other Air Force aircraft, carried the call sign "Air Force One" when the president was aboard.

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