Air Force Two
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Air Force Two is the air traffic control call sign held by any United States Air Force aircraft carrying the U.S. Vice President, but not the President.[1][2] The term is often associated with the Boeing C-32, a modified 757 which is most commonly used as the Vice President's transport. Other 89th Airlift Wing aircraft, such as the Boeing C-40 Clipper, C-20B, C-37A, and C-37B have served in this role as well.[citation needed] The VC-25A, the aircraft most often used by the President as Air Force One, has also been used by the vice president as Air Force Two.[3][4]
Although the U.S. Marine Corps carries the primary mission for helicopter support of both the president (Marine One) and vice president (Marine Two), UH-1N Twin Huey helicopters from the Air Force's 1st Helicopter Squadron are also used to support the Vice President in the Washington, D.C. area under the call sign Air Force Two.[citation needed]
The Boeing C-32 aircraft, under the call sign Air Force One, has been used to transport the president when smaller airports can't handle the 747-derived VC-25s, as happened in Aberdeen, South Dakota, in October 2002, Worcester, Massachusetts, on 10 June 2014, Watertown, South Dakota, on 8 May 2015,[5] and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on 13 January 2016.[6]
See also
References
- ^ "Factsheets: C-32". Air Force Link. Archived from the original on 3 August 2008. Retrieved 30 January 2009.
- ^ "Order 7110.65R (Air Traffic Control) §2-4-20 ¶7". Federal Aviation Administration. 14 March 2007. Retrieved 27 August 2007.
- ^ "Cheney heads overseas to talk terrorism". USA Today. Associated Press. 10 March 2002. Retrieved 30 January 2009.
- ^ Whitelaw, Kevin (11 March 2002). "Reporter's Notebook on Cheney's Mideast trip: Day 1: London". US News. Archived from the original on 13 January 2009. Retrieved 30 January 2009.
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- ^ Snider, Chase (13 January 2016). "Obama leaves Omaha on smaller version of Air Force One". KMTV. Retrieved 13 January 2016.