If Nixon ceased being president at 11:35 a.m., then the plane he took from Andrews Air Force Base to California should not have been designated Air Force One in the first place.

Ralph Albertazzie’s most memorable flight as President Richard Nixon’s personal pilot on Air Force One was the final, history-making journey they took together. Summoned to fly Nixon home to ...

Richard Nixon had been brought down by the Watergate scandal, ... called the "press pool," ride aboard Air Force One to report what happens there to the rest of the press corps.

In 1972, Richard Nixon was the first president to use the Boeing 707 plane with tail number 27000 as Air Force One. President Richard Nixon aboard Air Force One.

It continued to serve as the primary or backup Air Force One during the administrations of Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. 1972 ...

Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon used an Air Force One plane known as SAM 970. The retired jet is now a museum exhibit.

Air Force One is a symbol of American ... such as the historic trip to China by President Richard Nixon in 1972, ... There ...

As a crew member on Air Force One from 1961 to 1980, Joe Chappell ensured the flight safety of U.S. presidents John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Jimmy Carter ...

Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon used an Air Force One plane known as SAM 970. The first jet-powered presidential aircraft featured an office and a safe for the nuclear codes ...

Presidential travel is a far cry from a typical commercial flight. No ordinary aircraft could serve as Air Force One. When the Air Force selected a pair of Boeing 747-200Bs (one as a spare) as Air ...