Speaking of the special plane, everyone's first reaction was the "Air Force One" used by the US president, and the flight of the presidential plane was extraordinary and the responsibility was heavy. From model selection to later modifications, how did Air Force One ensure the president's safety? What important historic moments have been witnessed? After generations of changes and development, today's "Air Force One", what are the new, please fasten your seat belt, this article will take you to find out.
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"Air Force One" refers to the plane of the President of the United States, in 1943, the Second World War was not yet over, because the German submarines were infested in the Atlantic, it was very unsafe to travel by ship, so the plane became the only choice for the President of the United States to travel, at that time, the president of the United States was Roosevelt, Roosevelt was disabled, very inconvenient, he sometimes had to participate in the Key Meetings of the Allies against the Axis and inspect the battlefield. Roosevelt was on an Douglas Dolphin amphibious airship
Douglas Dolphin Amphibious Airship
It is also the first "Air Force One" in U.S. history. Later, the United States specially built a special plane for President Roosevelt, which is a Douglas C-54 Globemaster, which can fly 6400 kilometers with full fuel, and the aircraft is equipped with 4 high-power propeller engines that can make it fly fast at 441 kilometers per hour. Inside the plane there was a sleeping area for Roosevelt to rest, and there were elevators to transport Roosevelt's wheelchair. Since then, successive U.S. presidents have had their own "Air Force One." By April 1945, president Roosevelt died of illness and Vice President Truman took the throne, and his plane became a modified Douglas "C-118 weightlifter", compared with the previous generation of presidential planes, the "Independence" increased its maximum speed by 145 kilometers per hour to a staggering 586 kilometers, and the range also increased by 1368 kilometers to more than 7700 kilometers. By the time Eisenhower became president of the United States, Air Force One officially entered the jet age. In August 1959, Eisenhower began statecraft in a specially modified Boeing 707.
Air Force One
Once, in a small accident, the president's plane and the civil aircraft's aviation radio call sign coincided, when the Eisenhower call sign was "Air Force 8610", and one day, China Eastern Airlines Flight 8610 happened to appear in the same airspace as the presidential plane. This was a headache, and later in order to be able to better distinguish the presidential plane from other aircraft. Since then, the US president's landplane has been collectively known as the AIR Force one, also known as "Air Force One".
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="17" > aircraft interiors – the ultimate in luxury</h1>
The current Air Force One is a modification of the Boeing 747-2G4B civil aviation aircraft, the model VC-25A is about 70 meters long and about 60 meters wide, and can accommodate up to 76 passengers and 26 flight attendants. The crew consisted of 2 pilots, 1 flight engineer, 1 navigator and the remaining 22 personnel. Air Force One has always adhered to the principle of "what the president can do on the ground, and he can do it in the air." Its decoration is absolutely extravagant in the "private jet". The aircraft is divided into three floors, the aircraft has an internal space area of more than 4,000 square meters, and the facilities inside are very complete. Its top floor is the telecommunications center of the aircraft, and the ground floor is the luggage cargo compartment. The middle floor is a cabin with a floor area of more than 370 square meters, which looks more like a hotel or administrative office than a jet airliner.
The lowest cabin is often used as a cargo hold. Most passenger rooms are located in the mid-level cabin, which is primarily used to load communications equipment. Here, Ashin specially drew a floor plan of the interior of Air Force One for everyone to see
Interior structure of Air Force One
The nose of the plane is the Presidential Suite, which has a separate cloakroom, a bathroom, a fitness room where the president can rest when he is not working on the plane, and even enjoy a massage by a professional technician. The president has a dedicated living cabin and office area on the plane. It is said that under the desk here is the president's "nuclear missile lockbox", and if the United States is hit by a nuclear attack during the flight, then the president will press the launcher of this lockbox to launch a nuclear counterattack against the enemy country. Next up is the Medical Aid Center, where two dedicated doctors can perform emergency surgeries, and where blood of the same blood type as the current president is stored all year round in case of emergency. Next up is the kitchen, which has two galleys on board that can serve a variety of food for the 100 passengers on board at a time, including New Orleans-flavored grilled chicken wings, fried tenderloin, steak, fruit salad, and even Comrade Trump's favorite burger.
Office of the President
And I heard that "Air Force One" needs 24 million US dollars for a new refrigerator, equivalent to about 120 million yuan. Of course, this is still a conscience price. Further down is the senior office area, the middle of the fuselage is the conference rest restaurant and other member office areas inside the aircraft, behind which is the visitor reception area, the security center, the reporter interview area, which has the treatment of the first class of the business airliner, the leather wide seats, equipped with countless large pieces and music LCD screens, and each seat pocket is also specially equipped with headphones for use, and the back of the fuselage is the logistics department service area. In addition, most of the furniture on the plane is handcrafted by skilled carpentry. Including Simmons beds and much more
lounge
Chamber
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On November 22, 1963, Air Force One brought President John F. Kennedy to Dallas, and unfortunately, Kennedy was assassinated in the car, and Vice President Johnson was sworn in as president of the United States on Air Force One; in 1972, another sister aircraft was added to the presidential fleet with a tail number of 27,000. Thus forming the "Air Force One" dual-plane model until now, every time the president goes out to visit, he will take off these two almost identical aircraft, as to which one is the real "Air Force One", it depends on which plane the president is on. That same year, Air Force One accompanied President Nixon on his historic trip to China; by 1990, nearly 30 years after nearly 30 years of service, the aging Boeing 707 Air Force One had been replaced by two Boeing 747-200S airliners. The two new Air Force One remained in service until the Trump administration, with tail numbers 28,000 and 29,000, respectively.
Fast forward to 2001, when U.S. President George W. Bush was visiting an elementary school. As he interacted with the students in the classroom, an entourage rushed over and told him that a Plane in New York had crashed into the World Trade Center. Less than twenty minutes later, the entourage hurried over to tell him that another plane had crashed into the World Trade Center! Bush Jr. looked puzzled when he heard the news. It was then that he realized that it was not the weather that caused the plane accident, but that the United States was being attacked. Instead of panicking and leaving, he went next door to talk to White House security officials on the phone, then returned to the classroom to give a speech before hurrying to the airport in a car. In the face of uncertainty, for the safety of the president, Air Force One did not return to Washington, but to an air base. Subsequently, "Air Force One" was told that it might be a target of terrorist attacks, hurried to Louisiana Air Force Base, President Bush spent most of the day on "Air Force One", and then President Bush rejected the proposal to ask him to take refuge in the underground fortress of North American Air Defense Command on Cheyenne Hill, but instead took "Air Force One" back directly to Washington, decided to settle the situation at home first, and delivered a televised speech at the White House that night.
The plane crashed into the World Trade Center
Although 20 years have passed since this incident, many people have not had much impression of this incident, but for the American people who have experienced this incident, their shadow cannot be dissipated, and it is also this incident that makes countries understand the harm of terrorist organizations, it has sounded the alarm bell for people in the world at all times, terrorist organizations are a stumbling block affecting the process of world peace and development, no matter what their original intentions are, it is an extremist organization after all. Such extremist organizations can endanger the security of the people of any country, so counter-terrorism is a common problem for every country today.
<H1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="37" > Air Force One – advanced weaponry and equipment that claims to be unable to shoot down aircraft</h1>
After 9/11, U.S. authorities built Air Force One to keep the president safe. As a leader in the global aviation industry, the United States has advanced design and development technology in the field of aircraft manufacturing, in order to improve the overall safety and protection of passenger aircraft, Boeing will integrate technical content into its research and development process, mainly focusing on the following aspects.
The first is the reinforced enclosure, which is equipped with high-strength glass that can defend against weapons such as machine guns, and the use of special armor to guard the fuselage against nuclear bomb attacks. Here I want to popularize science, the damage of nuclear bomb explosion is mainly 4 layers, in order of priority are thermal radiation, shock wave, penetrating radiation, chronic radiation. Thermal radiation is the most insoluble because the high temperature generated by the nuclear explosion is enough to melt everything currently known, but it is surprising that the defense standard of Air Force One can resist shock waves. And people on the plane do not have to worry about radiation problems, because all the surface materials of the aircraft have been specially modified to resist the invasion of nuclear radiation.
The second adopts advanced anti-missile systems. To block radar searches, Boeing installed the ECM electronic system for the airliner. In addition to its powerful jamming capabilities, the system provides a seductive defense against incoming target missiles, forcing them to make cruise attack changes. Make it impossible to hit the target with precision.
Infrared jamming device
Third, a powerful communication system, if you rely on its own strong defense, Air Force No. 1 can easily become a "lone bird", so the United States has extremely high communication standards for Air Force No. 1. In the case of telephone lines, the United States has designed 87 lines, each of which is terriblely long, and the plane is equipped with 10 high-end computers, a large photocopier, a fax machine, and 57 antennas of various types. These devices allow Air Force One to ensure smooth communication between the inside and the outside world, even if it encounters a nuclear explosion, enemy siege, etc., so that the president can make a series of effective decisions.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="42" > Of course, there is no absolute, there is no plane that never falls, even if there is no human disaster, there may be natural disasters, which no one can say. But the safety performance of Air Force One is absolutely the best in the world. Well, today's video talks about this, if you also like, move your little hand, click a follow. We'll see you next time, bye-bye! </h1>