These Model Airplanes are 18 inches in length and finely handcrafted, and hand painted by our artists - to scale and museum quality. The Air Force One is the official air traffic control call sign of any United States Air Force aircraft carrying the President of the United States.
Since 1990, the presidential fleet has consisted of two specifically configured, highly customized Boeing 747-200B series aircraft with serial number "28000" and "29000"—with Air Force designation "VC-25A”.
Air Force One is maintained and operated by the Presidential Airlift Group, part of the White House Military Office. The Airlift Group was founded in 1944 as the Presidential Pilot Office at the direction of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. For the next 20 years, various propeller driven aircraft served the President. In 1962, President John F. Kennedy became the first President to fly in his own jet aircraft, a modified Boeing 707. Over the years, several other jet aircraft have been used, with the first of the current aircraft being delivered in 1990 during the administration of President George H. W. Bush.
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