On January 11, 1943, Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first sitting president to travel on official business by airplane. He flew to a WWII strategy meeting with Winston Churchill at Casablanca in ...
The Capitol, now called D.C., was a rural backwater, and America didn't even have a dedicated Presidential mansion until John Adams took over for first President George Washington in 1800. As time and ...
Nicknamed the "flying Oval Office," modern Air Force One planes are equipped with everything the president might need.
The new Air Force One was initially set for 2024, but has been pushed to some time in 2027 for the first plane and in 2028 for the second, the Air Force said.