The US presidential planes have witnessed many changes over the past years.insider“.
How has Air Force One evolved over the years?
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
The late US President Dwight D. Eisenhower was the first American president to travel on a jet plane in 1959, which was nicknamed “The Queenie It contains a telecommunications section, a room for 40 passengers, a conference area, and a deluxe room.
A jet plane in 1959
President John F Kennedy
The late US President John F. Kennedy was the first to use a jet aircraft designed specifically for the President of the United States, and the Boeing 707 had a living room, bedroom, bathroom and kitchen.
Raymond Lowe designed the plane’s exterior, in blue and white, drawing the American flag on the tail and presidential seals on the front.
The outer shape of the plane
President Lyndon Johnson
After the assassination of Kennedy, the late US President Lyndon Johnson was sworn in on Air Force One, and this was the first and only time that a presidential swearing-in ceremony was held on an airplane.
President Lyndon Johnson
President Richard Nixon
In 1972, President Richard Nixon was the first to use a Boeing 707 with a tail number of 27,000 as a presidential aircraft.
Richard Nixon
President Jimmy Carter
Former President Jimmy Carter furnished the press room inside the plane with blue carpets.
Jimmy Carter
President Ronaldo Reagan
The late US President Ronaldo Reagan hung pictures of himself in the back cabin of Air Force One, in which he appears drinking wine and waving as he boards Air Force One.
Reagan
President George Bush Sr
In 1990, the late US President George HW Bush began using the new Boeing 747s, numbering 28,000 and 29,000, as Air Force One, and the presidential office was furnished with gray carpets and leather chairs.
George Bush Sr’s office
Staff Department
The staff and secretarial department inside the plane was decorated in white and neutral gray, with the addition of phones for use in official business, and Air Force One was known at the time as the “Flying Oval Office.”
Staff and secretarial area
President Barack Obama
When former President Barack Obama took office, he upgraded the Air Force One conference room with a television screen and brown leather chairs. The plane also contained 85 telephone lines, as well as encryption and scrambling devices to ensure a secure communication.
Barak
Meeting Room
A poster hung in the wood-panelled meeting room, reading “Air Force OneFood and drinks were also provided in the kitchen.
Meeting Room
Guests Section
Dedicated inside the plane, a section for special guests such as members of Congress, which contains foldable seats and tables.
Guests Section
press booth
Journalists can roam freely in the back compartment, but they are not allowed to come forward to speak to the President, unless he is with them in the same booth.
Journalists Department
President Donald Trump
Former US President Donald Trump proposed painting the exterior of Air Force One in 2019, and the new Air Force One is expected to replace the current aircraft by 2024 as part of the Air Force’s repaint program, where Trump proposed a red, white and dark blue outline for new models of aircraft.
Trump
plane at the moment
The plane’s exterior is still blue, and White House press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed to reporters that President Joe Biden did not consider Air Force One’s color scheme to change it.
plane at the moment
Meeting room at the moment
The conference room also has star-print carpets similar to the presidential office in the White House, with a beige rug, and hanging an “Aboard Air Force One” sign with a picture of the iconic plane.
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Joe Biden in the conference room