Most Americans are familiar with the presidential jet commonly referred to as Air Force One, a specially modified Boeing 747 with an iconic blue and white paint scheme that carries the president around the country and the world.
Less well-known is the fact that the president is typically followed by a smaller jet that, in case of an emergency, can fill in as an Air Force One replacement, per a report.
That smaller jet, if used to transport the president during an emergency, would also then be known as Air Force One, as that designation follows the president and is applied to any fixed-wing aircraft they may use — Marine One being the designation for any helicopter or rotary aircraft used by the president.
Air Force One
The aircraft commonly called Air Force One is known in military parlance as a VC-25, one of two specially modified Boeing 747 passenger jets that are outfitted with advanced communications and electronics equipment and other necessary accommodations for the nation’s chief executive and those who travel with them.
The VC-25s, which are stationed at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland near Washington D.C., have been in service since 1990 and feature a host of other special performance capabilities not available on the civilian versions of the aircraft. […]
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