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State Of The Art Plane - Air Force One Documentary : Military Channel

Flying force One is the main air traffic control service call indicator of a United States Flying force aircraft bring the Head of state of the Usa. Alike parlance the term refers to those Air Force aircraft specifically designed, constructed, and utilized for the purpose of carrying the head of state. The Governmental airplane is a famous icon of the American presidency and its power. The concept of marking particular military airplane to carry the President occurred in 1943, when authorities of the Usa Military Air Forces-- the predecessor to the united state Flying force-- ended up being worried with counting on airlines to deliver the Head of state. A C-87 Liberator Express was reconfigured for use as a presidential transport; nevertheless, it was turned down by the Secret Service amid issues over the aircraft's safety and security record. A C-54 Skymaster was then converted for governmental usage; this airplane, referred to the Sacred Cow, transferred Head of state Franklin D. Roosevelt to the Yalta Seminar in February 1945, and was ultimately utilized for one more two years by President Harry S. Truman.

The "Flying force One" call indicator was developed after a 1953 event throughout which a Lockheed Constellation called Columbine II lugging Head of state Dwight D. Eisenhower entered the same airspace as a commercial airline flight utilizing the exact same call indication. A variety of aircraft kinds have actually been made use of as Air Force One since the production of the presidential fleet, starting with 2 Lockheed Constellations in the late 1950s: Columbine II and Columbine III. It likewise has actually consisted of 2 Boeing 707s presented in the 1960s and also 1970s, specifically; given that 1990, the presidential fleet has included 2 Boeing VC-25As-- particularly set up, highly tailored Boeing 747-200B series airplane. The Flying force intends to procure the Boeing 747-8 to be the next variation of Flying force One.