Air force and boeing announced they had finalized a contract for the acquisition of two 747 8 aircraft that will eventually serve as the new air force one fleet.
Air force one plane floor plan.
All defense systems mechanisms and operations can be conducted from this area.
The pilots of air force one must have the most advanced of pilot training with a background in the us air force.
Air force announced that it will continue the boeing tradition with the 747 8 which will replace the two 747 200s that serve as the presidential air force one fleet.
When the 747 8 takes flight as the next air force one boeing airplanes will mark more than half a century of presidential service through the jet age.
Since that time air force one has transported ten sitting presidents while they traveled the world.
The main purpose of the plane is to provide the safest and most relaxing experience for president himself.
Even visiting politicians and journalists aren t allowed in some parts of the plane and the air force is careful to conceal specific details of the craft s layout a number of official and unofficial sources have published general descriptions of what s inside the plane but.
Air force one has a certain mythic mysterious quality largely because it is completely off limits to most of us.
Air force one if the name of the plane that transports the president of the united states to various places around the world.