type are in service; they are highly modified Boeing 747-200Bs, designated VC-25A and having tail numbers 28000 and 29000. Although technically the Air Force...
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Air Force One (section Boeing VC-25A)
and the current Boeing VC-25As. Since 1990, the presidential fleet has consisted of two highly customized Boeing 747-200B (VC-25A) aircraft. The USAF has...
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C-37A, and C-37B, have also served in this role.[citation needed] The VC-25A, the aircraft most often used by the president as Air Force One, has also...
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in 2023) for the development of two new 747-8I-based VC-25B aircraft to replace the aging VC-25A aircraft. In March 2020, modifications started at Boeing's...
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aircraft also occasionally serves as Air Force One in place of the larger VC-25A when the president is traveling to domestic destinations that cannot accommodate...
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However, the term typically refers to a Boeing VC-25A the president normally uses. While the VC-25A is equipped with numerous systems to ensure its survival...
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adoption of two highly modified Boeing 747-200Bs, Air Force designation VC-25A, to serve as Air Force One in 1989, and the end of the Cold War, the need...
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motorcade would be inappropriate. In the future, the VC-25A's will be replaced by the Boeing 747-8 derived VC-25B, and the VH-3D Sea King and VH-60N “White Hawk”...
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'76), VC-137C (72-7000) used by presidents Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan and George H. W. Bush from 1972 to 1990. Retired in 2001. SAM 28000, VC-25A (82-8000)...
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and representatives), the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and other key personnel. VC-25A (two used as Air Force One) C-21A Learjet C-32A and C-32B (used as Air Force...
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