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UNITED ********** STATES OF AMERICA
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AIR FORCE ONE
Air Force One
History:
In 1944, Franklin Delano Roosevelt became the first U.S. President to travel by air. For
most of the next 20 years, various four-engine propeller-driven aircraft were used for
presidential air travel. In 1962, the first jet aircraft, a Boeing 707, tail number 26000,
was purchased for use as Air Force One.
Air Force One Today:
The current presidential fleet consists of two specially configured Boeing 747-200B series
aircraft-tail numbers 28000 and 29000-with the Air Force designation VC-25A.
When the President is aboard either aircraft, or any other Air Force aircraft, the radio call
sign is "Air Force One." These aircraft are maintained and operated by the Presidential
Airlift Group, part of Air Mobility Command's 89ᵗʰ Airlift Wing, based at Andrews Air Force
Bose, Suitland, Maryland. The VC-25A is capable of flying 9,600 miles without refueling
and can accommodate up to 70 passengers. President George W. Bush begins a new
chapter in Air Force One history as the third sitting President to fly aboard the VC-25A.
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