Army One
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
|
|
This article needs additional citations for verification. (April 2011) |
VH-3A tail number 150617 on display at the Nixon Library. It was in the Presidential fleet from 1961 to 1976, and often flew as Army One.[1]
Army One is the callsign of any United States Army aircraft carrying the President of the United States. From 1957 until 1976, this was usually an Army helicopter transporting the President. Prior to 1976, responsibility for helicopter transportation of the President was divided between the Army and the U.S. Marine Corps until the Marine Corps was given the sole responsibility of transporting the President by helicopter.
Wherever Army One flies, it is met on the ground by at least one soldier in full dress uniform.[citation needed] An Army aircraft carrying the Vice President is designated Army Two.
References [edit]
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Army One |
- ^ Harding, 235
- "Order 7110.65R (Air Traffic Control)". Federal Aviation Administration. 14 March 2007. Retrieved 1 May 2007.
- Harding, Stephen (1997). U.S. Army Aircraft Since 1947. Atglen, PA, USA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd. pp. 231–32, 235–36. ISBN 978-0-7643-0190-2.
External links [edit]
|
|||||||||||