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Air Force One
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English
en <dab!>
en
Etymology
en coinages From en Air Force one. Coined after an incident in 1953 where the aircraft's call sign carrying the President of the United States coincided with another aircraft in the same airspace.
Noun
Air Force One
en informal An airplane used by the President of the United States.
en Trump Force One Train Force One Bus Force One
en US military aviation politics The United States Air Force special VIP transport airliner designated for POTUS transportation
en Marine One Marines One
en US military aviation The en callsign used by the en USAF aircraft carrying en POTUS
en AF1
en Air Force Two Army One Navy One Marines One Executive One
en 1971 w:Lyndon Johnson The Beginning w:The Vantage Point https://archive.org/details/vantagepointpers00john/ w:Holt, Reinhart & Winston 0-03-084492-4 74-102146 1067880747 12 https://archive.org/details/vantagepointpers00john/page/12/ On the way to the airport, Agent Youngblood was in communication with Air Force One, to make sure it was secured and ready for us. When we arrived, we dashed up the ramp. Secret Service men rushed through the interior ahead of us, pulling down the shades and closing both doors behind us. The air conditioning was off and it was extremely hot inside the plane.
en Alayna Treene, Pamela Brown, Haley Britzky and Oren Liebermann Trump signs executive orders to reshape the military, including banning transgender troops w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/27/politics/donald-trump-military-executive-orders/index.html 2025-01-27 Trump said he signed the executive orders while aboard Air Force One on a return flight to Washington from Florida. https://web.archive.org/web/20250131013349/https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/27/politics/donald-trump-military-executive-orders/index.html
Translations
airplane
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 空軍一號
Georgian: ka ბორტი ნომერი ერთი, ka საპრეზიდენტო თვითმფრინავი more general
Japanese: ja エアフォースワン ea fōsu wan
Korean: ko 에어 포스 원
Further reading
en US politics Aircraft