INSIDE AIR FORCE ONE
Secrets of Traveling With the President
NOW BOARDING
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1943
President Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the first airborne president with flight to Casablanca. -
1944
The Douglas C-54 “Sacred Cow” enters service for FDR as the first official presidential airplane. -
1955
The presidential plane receives new radio call sign “Air Force One.”
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1962
The Boeing 707 becomes the first presidential jet and popularly known as Air Force One. -
1981
Presidents Nixon, Ford and Carter fly together on Air Force One to Egypt for Anwar Sadat’s funeral. -
1990
A pair of Boeing 747-200 jets enter service as the most sophisticated presidential airplanes.
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1998
Air Force One gets stuck in the mud at an Illinois airport with President Clinton on board. -
2006
Air Force One lands in an active war zone with its first surprise mission to Afghanistan. -
2023
The next generation of Air Force One, a Boeing 747-8, is expected to enter service.
