Editing Air Force One (section)

==Other presidential aircraft==
[[File:Beech VC-6A USAF.jpg|thumb|right|VC-6A used as Air Force One]]

During the [[Lyndon B. Johnson Administration|Johnson Administration]], the United States Air Force acquired a [[Beechcraft King Air#Air Force One|Beechcraft King Air B90]] which was designated [[Beechcraft King Air#Air Force One|VC-6A]] (66-7943).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070917074306/http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=571 "Factsheets: Beech V-6A"]. ''[[National Museum of the United States Air Force]]'', 19 June 2006. Retrieved: 28 February 2012.</ref> The aircraft was used to transport [[Lyndon B. Johnson|President Johnson]] between [[Bergstrom Air Force Base]] and his family ranch near [[Johnson City, Texas]],<ref>{{harvnb|Hardesty|2003|p=84}}</ref> and was used at least once to transport the President to [[Princeton, New Jersey]].<ref name="Flying2000" /> It was referred to as ''Lady Bird's airplane'' and later in its service life featured a basic color scheme similar to civilian aircraft.<ref>{{harvnb|Dorr|2002|p=74}}</ref> When the President was aboard, the aircraft used the call sign Air Force One.<ref name="Flying2000">Collins, Richard L. "C90 King Airs". ''[[Flying (magazine)|Flying]]'', Volume 127, Issue 1, 2000, pp. 67–70.</ref>

[[United Airlines]] is the only commercial airline to have operated ''[[Executive One]]'', the call sign given to a civilian flight on which the US president is aboard. On 26 December 1973, President [[Richard Nixon]] and his family flew as commercial passengers on a United [[DC-10]] from [[Washington Dulles International Airport|Washington Dulles]] to [[Los Angeles International Airport]]. His staff explained that this was done to conserve fuel by not having to fly the usual Boeing 707 Air Force aircraft.<ref name="Exec1CBS">Mudd, Roger and Richard Wagner. [http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/program.pl?ID=226900 Vanderbilt Television News Archive "President / Commercial Airline Flight"]. [[CBS News]], 27 December 1973. Retrieved: 23 June 2009.</ref>

[[File:And-c-37a-89aw.jpg|thumb|A USAF [[Gulfstream V]] in VIP livery]]
In November 1999, President [[Bill Clinton]] flew from [[Ankara]], Turkey, to [[Cengiz Topel Naval Air Station]] outside Izmit, Turkey, aboard a marked [[Gulfstream III|C-20C]] (Gulfstream III) using the call sign ''Air Force One'', escorted by three F-16s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=Swayne |date=16 October 2014 |title=6 Gulfstream Missions That Have Nothing To Do With Luxury |url=http://www.boldmethod.com/blog/lists/2014/10/gulfstream-special-missions/ |work=Bold Method}}</ref>

On 8 March 2000, President Clinton flew to Pakistan aboard an unmarked [[Gulfstream III]] while another aircraft with the call sign ''Air Force One'' flew on the same route a few minutes later. This diversion was reported by several US press outlets.<ref>Sammon, Bill. "Clinton uses decoy flight for security". ''[[The Washington Times]]'', 26 March 2000, p. C.1.</ref><ref>Haniffa, Aziz. "Playing hide-and-seek on trip to Islamabad". ''India Abroad''. New York: 31 March 2000, Vol. XXX, Issue 27, p. 22.</ref><ref>"Clinton's trip to Asia cost at least $50&nbsp;million". ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel'', 9 April 2000, p. 175 A.</ref>

On 1 May 2003, President [[George W. Bush]] flew in the co-pilot seat of a Sea Control Squadron Thirty-Five ([[VS-35 (1990–2005)|VS-35]]) [[S-3 Viking|S-3B Viking]] from [[Naval Air Station North Island]], California to the aircraft carrier [[USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)|USS ''Abraham Lincoln'']] off the California coast, where Bush delivered his [[2003 Mission Accomplished speech|"Mission Accomplished" speech]]. During the flight, the aircraft used the call sign of "[[Navy One]]" for the first time.  This aircraft is now on display at the [[National Naval Aviation Museum]] at [[Naval Air Station Pensacola]], Florida.<ref name="Donald">{{cite book|last=Donald|first=David|title=Warplanes of the Fleet|pages=168, 171|publisher=AIRtime Publishing Inc.|year=2004|isbn=1-880588-81-1}}</ref>

[[Barack Obama]] used the Gulfstream [[Gulfstream V#Variants|C-37]] variant on a personal trip in 2009 to visit the production of [[August Wilson]]'s ''[[Joe Turner's Come and Gone]]'' in New York.<ref name="Obama BWay">{{cite web |title=GOP takes aim at Obamas' NYC trip |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2009/05/gop-takes-aim-at-obamas-nyc-trip-023122 |website=politico.com|date=30 May 2009}}</ref><ref name="GV">{{cite web |last1=Pallini |first1=Thomas |title=The US Air Force recently acquired a new $64 million Gulfstream private jet for VIP government officials |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/inside-us-air-force-vip-military-aircraft-gulfstream-private-jet-2020-1 |website=[[Business Insider]]}}</ref>

Several [[Boeing C-17 Globemaster III]]s typically accompany the president whenever he travels, carrying the [[Presidential state car (United States)|presidential limousines]] and other support vehicles, and have been rumored to have discreetly transported presidents and vice presidents in and out of Iraq and Afghanistan without using the ''Air Force One'' call sign.<ref name="Trump C-17">{{cite news |last=Rogoway |first=Tyler |title=What Aircraft Snuck Trump Out Of Florida On His Way To Afghanistan For Thanksgiving? |url=https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/31257/what-aircraft-snuck-trump-out-of-florida-on-his-way-to-afghanistan-for-thanksgiving |agency=The Drive |date=2 December 2019}}</ref><ref name="Secret AF">{{cite news |last=Graff |first=Garrett |title=The President's Secret Air Force |url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/05/02/the-presidents-secret-air-force-215091/ |magazine=[[Politico Magazine]] |date=2 May 2017}}</ref>

[[File:USAF C-32A.jpg|thumb|A [[Boeing C-32]] ([[Boeing 757]]) that was occasionally used as Air Force One until the arrival of newer C-32s in the 2010s. Today, this plane flies the vice president (serving as [[Air Force Two]]) or other senior officials.]]
Since 1998, the president has occasionally flown aboard an Air Force [[Boeing C-32|C-32]], a [[Narrow-body aircraft|narrow-body jet]] based on the [[Boeing 757]] airliner.<ref name="dwyer">Dwyer, Devin. [https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/10/president-obama-wraps-blitz-with-air-force-one-rally-in-ohio/ "President Obama wraps blitz with Air Force One rally in Ohio"]. ''ABC News'', 25 October 2012. Retrieved: 25 October 2012.</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Karni |first=Annie |date=5 February 2021 |title=After Years in Government, Biden Has a New Perk: Air Force One |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/us/politics/biden-air-force-one.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205170937/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/us/politics/biden-air-force-one.html |archive-date=5 February 2021 |access-date=6 February 2021 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |quote=Mr. Biden rode on Air Force One on Friday afternoon, but not the one that has so delighted his predecessors. He jogged up the stairs of the Boeing 757-200, which is a smaller, narrow-body jet used for smaller airports like the one Mr. Biden was set to arrive at in Wilmington.}}</ref> The Air Force bought four C-32s in 1996 to fly the president to airports whose runways were too small to accommodate the larger VC-25, or as emergency backup. Today, these aircraft are used to fly vice presidents and other senior officials.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Weisgerber |first=Marcus |date=17 January 2024 |title=The secret history of the Air Force One shadow fleet |url=https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2024/01/secret-history-air-force-one-shadow-fleet/393372/ |access-date=17 January 2024 |website=Defense One |language=en}}</ref> The C-32 has also been used by Presidents when use of the VC-25 could present operational risks. For example in 2023 when President Biden traveled to Ukraine via Poland using the C-32 to avoid the publicity of the VC-25.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-21/joe-biden-visit-to-ukraine-behind-the-scene-zelenskyy/102001514 | title=Sneaking the US president from DC to Kyiv: How Biden's surprise visit to Ukraine played out | newspaper=ABC News | date=20 February 2023 }}</ref>

In the 2010s, the Air Force acquired a second set of four 757s for presidential transport, assigning them tail numbers 90015, 90016, 90017, and 90018. Service officials do not acknowledge that these aircraft exist, although they are routinely photographed in presidential service.<ref name=":0" />

Vice presidents have used a VC-25 on longer trips, using the ''[[Air Force Two]]'' call sign.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2002/03/10/cheney.htm |newspaper=USA Today |title=Cheney heads overseas to talk terrorism |access-date=30 January 2009 |date=10 March 2002 |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref>

The president regularly flies in helicopters (call sign [[Marine One]]) operated by the U.S. Marine Corps.<ref name="NatGeo_On_Board">{{cite web|url=http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/episodes/on-board-marine-one1/video/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126225131/http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/episodes/on-board-marine-one1/video/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-01-26|title=On Board Marine One, Presidential Fleet|work=National Geographic|year=2009|accessdate=5 September 2013}}</ref>