The United States has always been extremely domineering in its work, causing many countries that have suffered from it to be dissatisfied with it, and the president, as the supreme administrator of the United States, not only holds the executive and military power of the United States, but also the power center of the United States, and many unreasonable decisions are made by the president.
The thief captures the king first, so many people who have a grudge with him have a lot of ideas about the president of the United States, trying to emulate the practice of assassinating the king of Qin by Dan Jingke, the prince of Yan, thinking that removing the main characters can change the established facts, but as everyone knows, the president generally lives deep in the White House and has bodyguards next to him, and it is not easy to hurt the president.
However, when the president also visits abroad, if he can shoot down the Air Force One that the president is riding on, will he be able to achieve his goal?
After the outbreak of the Gulf War, many Middle Eastern countries have formed insoluble enmity with the United States, and some leaders of organizations are eager to move, threatening to use hot-seeking missiles to attack the special plane "Air Force One" on which the US president is traveling during his foreign visits, so that the president will never return.
However, so much time has passed, and we have not witnessed the fact that the President's Air Force One crashed as a result of the attack, and the so-called leaders of the organization are nothing more than quick words, and in fact, it is not easy to shoot down the Air Force One, the special plane of the President of the United States.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="01" > the origin of the name "Air Force One" in the United States</h1>
In the United States, there is a strange saying that there are two White Houses in the world, one on the ground and one in the sky, and the White House on the ground is building 1600 on Pennsylvania Avenue in northwest Washington, and the "White House in the Sky" refers to Air Force One.
As everyone knows, there is also a little-known interesting story behind Air Force One. The glorious history of Air Force One dates back to the Casablanca Conference in 1943.
At that time, US President Roosevelt invited British Prime Minister Churchill and French President Charles de Gaulle to Meet in Casablanca, Morocco, North Africa, but at that time, World War II was not over, the crisis was fraught, considering that the Axis torpedoes and submarines would endanger the safety of the President, so Roosevelt abandoned the traditional way of taking cruise ships and used propeller Boeing aircraft to go, which set a precedent for presidents in American history to visit by special plane.
Roosevelt's plane
Later, due to the turning point in the war situation in Europe, Roosevelt needed to visit Europe frequently, in order to facilitate the president's travel, the US Air Force simply designed a Douglas aircraft for Roosevelt, called the "Holy Bull", from this point on, the US president had his own special plane, which is also the predecessor of the US Air Force One.
The emergence of special planes provides the greatest convenience for the travel of the President of the United States, so that the President of the United States can reach any location in the world within the fastest speed, although the special plane is good, but there is also a problem that arises, that is, the presidential plane and the ordinary commercial aircraft are not recognizable in name.
For example, during the reign of US President Dwight Eisenhower, there was a visit to the plane numbered 16, and when it was about to arrive at the destination, the ground tower transmitted the instruction that the No. 16 aircraft could land, and it happened that a civil aviation aircraft with the same number of 16 was also flying over the destination, and also reacted accordingly, and finally almost caused an accident.
To solve this problem is also very simple, that is, to change the exclusive name of the presidential plane, because the president of the United States himself is the supreme commander of the army, and the aircraft is directly provided by the Air Force, so some people have proposed to simply rename the presidential plane to "Air Force One".
The reason is that this is not only highly recognizable, but also can symbolize the authority of the president, very worthy of the president," and soon this proposal was adopted by the U.S. military, and during Kennedy's presidency, "Air Force One" was officially included in the American dictionary and became synonymous with the U.S. president's special plane.
During the reign of U.S. President Johnson, Air Force One was completely renovated, and a set of oval desks like the White House were placed on the plane, and later President Reagan felt that the Boeing 707 was too old and domineering, so he ordered the Air Force to rebuild two new Boeing 747 aircraft for himself according to his own ideas.
Unfortunately, before the plane was built, President Reagan bid farewell to the White House and stepped down early, and the two planes made the later Bush Sr. pick up the cheap, and the elder Bush became the first owner of these two planes.
After the decoration and improvement of successive presidents of the United States, a very ordinary aircraft now has the reputation of "the White House in the sky", which also gives people a sense of "only can be viewed from a distance, but not blasphemously".
Today, the Us president of the United States still uses the Boeing 747 model of the bush era, of course, the aircraft has greatly improved in performance and appearance.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="02" > How advanced is Air Force One? </h1>
If you simply think that Air Force One is just an ordinary aircraft, you are very wrong, in fact, Air Force One can not only be called the White House in the sky, but it is also a veritable "villa" in the air.
There is a knowledge point that must be popularized, Air Force One does not only refer to a certain aircraft, in fact, it is only a symbolic symbol of the US president's special plane, there is no number and type, the president when he goes out to board the plane will be given the name of "Air Force One" in time. However, according to the current situation, the president's "Air Force One" is no longer limited to two blue and white Boeing 747s known as the "Mandarin Duck", and there are actually more aircraft available for the president to travel.
"No. 1" is actually a symbol of the president's authority, such as the president's wife is called the first lady, the family is called the first family, and for the president's leisure and entertainment, the president's private plane flying around on the front lawn of the White House is called marine corps one, and so on.
The entire Air Force One has a height of nearly five floors, the exterior looks very spectacular, and the interior of the aircraft also has nearly 4,000 square meters of space, mainly including the presidential suite, kitchen and bathroom, office, leisure and entertainment area, entourage rest area, and various emergency items storage area.
Ordinary Boeing 747 aircraft equipped with wire length of about 147827 meters, and the total length of wires equipped with the US Air Force No. 1 is more than 365,700 meters, such a complex wire network is the basis for the US president to enjoy the same convenience of office and rest when taking a special plane.
There is a very modern medical center inside the aircraft, if the president has an accident on the plane, the plane does not need to choose a point to make an emergency landing, and the president can also receive treatment from senior doctors and advanced equipment in the shortest possible time.
Inside "Air Force One"
Opposite is the Presidential Suite, a place dedicated to the President and his wife, and the interior is extremely luxurious, with folding leather sofas, Simmons beds, automatic retractable curtains and high-grade carpets, in addition to these, there is also a high-end bathroom with a fully equipped shower, which is no less luxurious than the villa.
Next door to the Presidential Suite, there is the president's exclusive oval desk office area, equipped with today's most advanced computer, which can allow the president to communicate with the Pentagon or the White House without barriers, so that the president can participate in the decision-making of major matters in the United States in a timely manner.
Air Force One is also equipped with a large dining room and two modern kitchens, and the restaurant can provide dining services for up to 100 people at the same time, and the ingredients used in the restaurant have no specific origin, and the staff randomly selects supermarkets the night before the flight to purchase, in order to ensure the absolute safety of food.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="03" >Why is Air Force One the safest aircraft in the world? </h1>
The author has done a study, that is, based on the data of more than 1,000 aircraft crashes that have been determined from 1950 to the present, the causes of aircraft accidents have been comprehensively analyzed, and finally the causes of aircraft accidents have been divided into five categories: pilot error, aircraft failure itself is internal, weather factors, human destruction and other factors are external factors.
The probability of Air Force One crashing due to pilot errors is almost zero, because in order to become Air Force One pilot, the United States has a hard requirement, that is, it must have more than two thousand hours of aircraft flight experience worldwide and can not have any record of operational errors, and the pilot must go through a political review to ensure its loyalty and not be used by others.
Before the president boards the plane, the relevant departments will conduct a comprehensive and accurate inspection of Air Force One, mark the aircraft fuel, and let the president board the plane after ensuring that there is no mistake, so the possibility of the Air Force crashing due to mechanical failure is not very likely.
As for the weather factors, the most affecting the flight safety of the aircraft is probably lightning, but Air Force No. 1 has undergone real lightning environment simulation experiments in the laboratory before leaving the factory, and the aircraft as a whole and various parts have been comprehensively tested, and Air Force No. 1 also uses special lightning protection devices, so it can almost ignore weather factors.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="04" > then the biggest threat to the Air Force at present is the external factor, that is, man-made destruction. </h1>
As mentioned before, Air Force One will have relevant personnel to conduct all-round inspection of the aircraft before take-off, and will also monitor the aircraft fuel tank and runway throughout the process, so it is unlikely to be damaged on the fuselage.
But there is another aspect that we should consider that every time the US president takes Air Force One to his destination, he needs to pass through many countries and regions, and if someone tries to use weapons to shoot down Air Force One, will its intention be realized?
The answer is: it's hard.
There are two aspects, one is that it is difficult to shoot down, and the other is that no one dares to shoot down casually.
Please note that there is no plane in the world that cannot be shot down, all the myths of invincibility, but the confidence of the fans involved, and the same is true of Air Force One, just like the Titanic, which was said to never sink, finally hit the face and touched the iceberg and sank to the bottom of the sea.
This should be well understood, after all, the strength of the United States is there, who dares to challenge a powerful and traditionally domineering country alone.
Saddam Hussein is a good example. When the ousted Bush Sr. visited Kuwait as a civilian, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, in order to avenge himself, arranged for intelligence bureau personnel to use car bombs to kill Bush Sr. Bush.
First of all, Bush Jr. launched a war against Iraq on the grounds that Iraq was hiding weapons of destruction, and afterwards proved that this high-sounding reason was nothing more than a cover-up; in this war, Saddam was captured by the US military, and then with the support of the Bush family, Saddam Hussein was sentenced to hanging.
The attack on Air Force One is tantamount to declaring war on the United States, and who can bear the consequences? And every time the president goes out, someone helps him carry the famous suitcase, and through the button device in the suitcase, the president can return fire on the country concerned if he is attacked.
Therefore, the US Air Force One could not be shot down, more because no one dared to shoot down.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="05" > but if someone is not afraid of death and insists on shooting down the Air Force One that the US president is riding, is Air Force One safe at this time? </h1>
First of all, in wartime, the president of the United States will not easily leave his office, let alone fly to other places, and in the non-wartime state, even if the president wants to go out, he will avoid those more sensitive or unstable places and take a detour.
Secondly, Air Force One enjoys the title of the safest aircraft in the world, indicating that it has a certain level of response to various emergencies, as to why, this is the focus of our discussion today, but please note that I said it is difficult, not absolutely impossible.
First, the special performance of the aircraft makes it very unlikely that Air Force One will suffer a devastating blow.
First of all, the external structure of the aircraft is very scientific, the materials used are also relatively special, air force no. 1 uses thick armor that prevents nuclear bomb explosion shock waves, and its glass is made of super bulletproof glass, after the general bomb explosion, the impact on air force no. 1 will not be very large, before the president does not get off the plane, the bullet is impossible to hit the president through the porthole glass of air force no. 1.
Secondly, the aircraft is equipped with advanced anti-missile systems, including air-to-air, surface-to-air multiple pulse frequency radio communication equipment and ECM electronic jamming system, and these equipment have professionals sitting in front of them, when it is recognized that there is an unknown lethal weapon attack, these devices can radio interference with the weapon's navigation system and radar equipment, making the weapon lose its direction.
Among them, the biggest threat to the "Air Force One" is the heat-seeking missile, which can achieve accurate tracking according to the exhaust gas discharged by the aircraft, and finally defeat the target, but for the heat-seeking missile, Air Force One also has a clever trick, Air Force One has always stored a large number of signal bombs, when the heat-seeking missiles attack, professionals can release signal bombs to attract the "attention" of the missiles, and lure the hot-seeking missiles to attack signal flares that are brighter and hotter than Air Force One.
Second, Air Force One often has other aircraft accompanying it during the flight to ensure its safety.
For example, before Air Force One takes off, another aircraft similar to Air Force One will take off early.
This aircraft has two major functions, one is a luxury bulletproof sedan dedicated to loading the president and some light ammunition weapons, and the other is to play a role in confusing, or to attract fire, so that outsiders do not know which plane the president is riding on, making it difficult for those who are plotting to make 100% predictions.
In addition to this cargo-carrying aircraft, there will also be fighters to escort Air Force One, although fighters can not follow Air Force One into other people's airspace at will, but U.S. military bases are all over the world, they do not need to enter other people's airspace can also ensure the safety of the president at any time.
Air Force One was followed by CIA communications planes, presidential helicopters, several military transport planes, and more.
Third, when Air Force One is about to arrive at its destination, the U.S. military will probe the surrounding environment through satellites or thermal imagers.
The president and his entourage can also view the scene of the greeting crowd through satellite TV, and security personnel will immediately shoot if they encounter danger when the president disembarks from the plane.
In the event of a ground emergency, Air Force One can also stay in the air for up to 12 hours, and its flight speed can reach 900 kilometers per hour, a refueling flight distance of more than 10,000 kilometers, if it can refuel in the air, the stay time can reach up to 72 hours.
Suppose a worst-case scenario: Air Force One is actually hit by a missile and is about to crash, what will the president do?
Air Force One is also equipped with an ejection system inside, and in extremely dangerous situations, the president himself will be catapulted by the aircraft to safety.
According to statistics, the cost of two presidential Boeing 747 aircraft has exceeded 400 million US dollars, which does not include the internal auxiliary facilities of the aircraft, if all the statistics are certainly more than these. Air Force One costs more than $10 million a year to repair, and the president spends about $41,000 an hour on Air Force One.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="06" > summary</h1>
The United States has always been self-centered in the international community, the implementation of the so-called hegemony, everywhere to make enemies, we instead of high-profile propaganda of the performance of Air Force One, it is better to say that the strength behind the United States is protecting the safety of the president, so there is no aircraft in the world that cannot be shot down, once the strength of the United States is weakened, the performance of the aircraft, in the long-term gunfire and bullet rain will also become ruins, but a hypersonic weapon can solve the problem.
Of course, the biggest flaw of "Air Force One" at present is that it does not have an elevator for the elderly, so that Biden will not fall down many times.