Air Force One

Air Force One is the air traffic control call sign of any U.S. Air Force aircraft carrying the President of the United States. Since 1990, the presidential fleet has consisted of two specifically configured, highly customized Boeing 747-200B series aircraft—tail numbers 28000 and 29000—with Air Force designation VC-25A. While these planes are only referred to as "Air Force One" while the president is on board, the term is commonly used to describe either of two aircraft normally used and maintained by the U.S. Air Force solely for the president.

Sources and further reading

Text

• "Air Force One" Boeing Corporation. ^{http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/military/af1}
• "Air Force One" United States Air Force. July 2003. ^{http://www.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?fsID=131}
• Albertazzie, Ralph, and Jerald F. Terhorst. Flying White House: The Story of Air Force One. Book Sales: 1979. ISBN 0698109309.
• Dorr, Robert F. Air Force One. Motorbooks International: 2002. ISBN 0760310556.
• Hardesty, Von. Air Force One: The Aircraft that Shaped the Modern Presidency. Northword Press: 2003. ISBN 1559718943.
• Harris, Tom. How Air Force One Works. ^{http://www.howstuffworks.com/air-force-one.htm}
• Walsh, Kenneth T. Air Force One: A History of the Presidents and Their Planes. Hyperion: 2003. ISBN 1401300049.
• Q&A: U.S. Presidential Jet Air Force One by David Braun National Geographic News, May 29, 2003 http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/05/0529_030529_airforceone.html

Photographs and other multimedia

• Truman Library & Museum.^{http://www.trumanlibrary.org/photographs/search.php?access=selectbycategory&keywords=Presidential+aircraft}
• United States Air Force.^{http://www.af.mil/photos/index.asp?galleryID=55}
• National Museum of the United States Air Force Presidential Aircraft.^{http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/annex/ans.htm}
• Radio communication of the Air Force One monitored by the Frequency Monitor Centre in the Netherlands^{http://fmc.dotnet-services.nl/nca.htm}
• Video of Air Force One arriving at Prestwick Airport with President Bush on board for the G8 Summit