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Air Force One, a Boeing 747 reserved for use by the president of the United States, flying over Mount Rushmore, South Dakota.
George W. Bush on Air Force One after the September 11 attacks
The “Sacred Cow,” National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton, Ohio
Air Force One
Special Air Mission 26000, a modified Boeing 707 used (1962–90) as Air Force One, the official U.S. presidential airplane, on its final flight, May 20, 1998, at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton, Ohio.
Kennedy, John F.; Kennedy, Jacqueline
Kennedy, John F.; Air Force One
Lyndon B. Johnson, Jacqueline Kennedy, and Lady Bird Johnson
The first couple: Ronald and Nancy Reagan
George W. Bush on Air Force One discussing the September 11 attacks
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