12-27-2013, 01:16 PM
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Originally posted by terracore
"Air Force One" is the call sign of any plane transporting POTUS regardless of if were a Cessna caravan or a 747.
This is not true.
The call sign is the name of the branch of service caring him - such as Air Force, Marine, Army, Navy and Coast Guard - followed by ONE.
If he, as Nixon once did, flies on a commercial jet, it becomes Executive One.
As for the plane parked at Hilo - lots of misinformation. It IS NOT the second Air Force One. It is the communications jet. About the only time the President would be on that plane is if we went into a major war - while he was traveling. The jet parked at Hilo would either fly to the President or he would be flown to it and then - and only then would it be called Air Force One.
Perhaps maybe if the mad man in North Korea starts something, we may see it actually become Air Force One!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportat...ted_States