Air Force One

From 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.

Air Force One (plural Air Force Ones)

1. An airplane used by the President of the United States.

   Coordinate term: Air Force Two

   • 1971, Lyndon Johnson, “The Beginning”, in The Vantage Point‎^[1], Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, 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.

   • 2025 January 27, Alayna Treene, Pamela Brown, Haley Britzky and Oren Liebermann, “Trump signs executive orders to reshape the military, including banning transgender troops”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     Trump said he signed the executive orders while aboard Air Force One on a return flight to Washington from Florida.

• “Air Force One”, in Collins English Dictionary.
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