How strong is a presidential plane equipped with the most advanced technology? Why is Air Force One called an aircraft that can never be shot down? What little-known secrets are on the plane! Let's move on to today's topic "The President's Plane." ---- primer
Hello everyone I am Xiaode. With the advancement of science and technology, now all of us can not get away from the aircraft, speaking of aircraft, Boeing 747 is a familiar aircraft. In the active Boeing 747, there are two blue-and-white aircraft, which always seem mysterious and noble. I believe that many friends who often watch the news have guessed that these two planes are the planes of the famous US president, known as "Air Force One" or "mobile White House". As one of the most powerful countries in the world, the United States is naturally ahead of many countries in terms of science and technology, and as the means of transportation used by the President of the United States, it is natural to have both comfort and safety, so everyone has always been very curious about "Air Force One", why can this aircraft be called an aircraft that can never be shot down?
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"History of Air Force One"
In fact, to be precise, "Air Force One" does not simply refer to an airplane, but only the aircraft that the President of the United States is taking will be called "Air Force One", in 1943, although the Second World War was nearing the end, it was still full of dangers, and German submarines often wandered in the Atlantic, so the President of the United States wanted to travel by boat, and became extremely unsafe. But to cross the ocean to the other side of the country, it is not appropriate to go by train. As a result, the only option for the president of the United States to travel is to fly. It just so happened that the president in power of the United States during this period was "Roosevelt".
As we all know, Roosevelt was disabled and had to go to the key meetings of the Allies against the Axis powers, and also to inspect the battlefield, so Roosevelt was also extremely important to his own plane. At that time, Roosevelt did not have any Boeing 747 to sit, he was only riding a "Douglas amphibious airship", this aircraft is also the first strict sense of "Air Force One" in the history of the United States, but the United States sees that its president is so hard-working, disabled, or customized an aircraft is more appropriate, so Roosevelt is also the first U.S. president with a customized special plane, this customized aircraft is "Douglas C54 four-engine screw machine".
Inside the aircraft, a special elevator was set up to transport Roosevelt in a wheelchair, and it was also equipped with a comfortable rest area for Roosevelt to sleep. Since then, Roosevelt has set a precedent for the special plane of the president of the United States in the past, and each subsequent president has an exclusive Air Force One, and the facilities in the aircraft are becoming more and more advanced, the origin of the nickname of Air Force One is also an accident, once the special plane taken by the President of the United States "Eisenhower" coincided with the radio call sign of a civil aviation aircraft, and also flew into the same area, which made the ground crew feel that the first two were big, which one was the president's special plane?
Later, in order to better distinguish the presidential plane from other aircraft, the US president took the aircraft of the United States every time he took the code name of "Air Force One", and this name has been used to this day. Later, with the change of the times, the aircraft entered the era of jets, and when "Reagan" was the president of the United States, he began to use the Boeing 747 as a prototype of the custom Air Force One, but at that time, the Boeing 747 was not as large as it is now, the fuselage was very narrow, and the passengers on the plane often needed to pass by.
With the upgrading of the Boeing 747 from generation to generation, the fuselage has become larger, until the Obama administration, Air Force One was basically stable, various black technologies have been formed, and the internal space of the aircraft has become extremely large, and various advanced equipment has been installed. To this day, US President "Biden's" Air Force One is the most advanced aircraft, anything that can be done in the White House, can be done in Air Force One, then since Air Force One is not a specific aircraft, Xiao De will now talk about the special plane that Biden is currently riding, known as the Shadow Samurai Air Force One "vc-25a" aircraft. What are the special features of this aircraft?
"Air Force One VC-25A Aircraft"
Because Biden's Air Force One is too much, this issue of Xiaode will specifically tell you about the most common shadow samurai, but also the most popular Internet celebrity model, which is the VC-25a aircraft modified by the Boeing 747-200. Usually there are two Air Force One "vc-25a", they have the same appearance, and they are each other's backup, always taking off on the front and back feet, and landing almost at the same time, so this is also the reason why it is called the Shadow Samurai, no matter if the president travels on any one of them, the other standby aircraft follows where, why should there be two identical "Air Force One"?
The reason is that if there is a problem with the "host", the president will be very convenient to transfer and will not lose face. More importantly, two "identical" aircraft can also confuse the public, protect the safety of the president, and block the "missile" at a critical moment, which is simply the gold medal stand-in of the protagonist. Just as the so-called blue is better than blue, after a series of modifications, the VC-25A aircraft is many times more luxurious than the Boeing 747-200, it has all the functions of the Pentagon and the White House to handle government affairs or command the army, as long as it is what the president can do on the ground, it will not fall on the plane.
Especially the rest area on the plane, it is simply a genuine presidential suite, what electric curtains, leather sofas, extra carpets, luxurious bathrooms are simply everything. If you enter Air Force One and don't see the seat belt on the seat, you definitely don't recognize it as an airplane! Such a luxurious configuration has been appreciated by successive presidents, and even President George W. Bush has admitted that he does not miss the days of being president at all, but he really misses Air Force One.
So how much does Air Force One cost to dispatch once? Generally, there are at least 26 entourage of Air Force One, just like Obama's Air Force One, which costs the Us taxpayer 206337 dollars per hour for a flight, which does not include other expenses of Air Force One, including fuel, aircraft maintenance, plant-level maintenance, etc. It is simply free America, exploiting every day. Since so much money has been spent, it can't be just luxury.
"Defenses"
Air Force No. 1's defensive means are at a first-class level, whether passive or active, although according to the service life is already a classic aircraft, but its technical performance is not behind any new aircraft, and even still ahead of the world, but even so, when Comrade Trump took office, he still looked down on this old plane, had to start a new generation of Air Force No. 1 development plan, the cost is huge, and sure enough, after the real estate born businessman entered politics, the most important thing is money!
In any case, the highlights of the new generation of Air Force One are still many, it is different from civilian aircraft, Air Force One has four powerful engines, and even if there is only one left in special cases, it can ensure the normal flight of the aircraft. Although Air Force One is powerful, but the range can reach about 11,000 kilometers, can fly in the sky for about 12 hours continuously, if there is a tanker to air refuel air force One, then fly for three days and three nights without blinking, so that Air Force One can guarantee that under any circumstances, at any time, the president can be sent to any safe place on the earth.
Secondly, the Air Force claims to be able to resist the impact of nuclear explosions, which in Xiaode's view should also consider the distance of nuclear explosions, otherwise it will become slag in an instant, so Xiaode feels that Air Force No. 1 can effectively resist radiation as a metaphor, which can also be seen from the thick armor on the aircraft. Even every small window is specially made of bulletproof glass. This is only the most basic means of defense, even if the armor is thick, it can not wait to be beaten, so the Air Force No. 1 is also equipped with basically all models of jammers to deal with various types of missiles, so that the incoming missiles are strongly interfered with and cannot find where air force No. 1 is.
Yes, that is the communication system, if there is no perfect communication system, no matter how powerful Air Force One is, there is absolutely no good result in fighting alone, so having a strong communication system is particularly important, as there is a White House in the air, the Air Pentagon called Air Force One, with perfect electronic equipment, telephones, computers, all kinds of multi-pulse frequency radio communication equipment, these most advanced communication equipment, can ensure that once the aircraft is attacked, the president can quickly summon the army to fight back. It can also call fighters to escort it at any time, and it is not too much to regard Air Force One as the most advanced command aircraft in the world.
In the event of a normal attack, the president only needs to make a phone call, then boil a hot pot and get things done. But these are actually not the reasons why Air Force One can never be shot down, in general, even if Air Force One is modified well, it is just a strengthened version of the Boeing 747, and it is not an alien flying saucer, as long as developed countries attack with full force, Air Force One may also be able to shoot down, but the point is that countries that have the ability to shoot down Air Force One will not be easy to move, and countries with hands-on ideas do not have the ability to shoot down Air Force One.
And in the strict sense of the word, Air Force One can be regarded as the representative of the United States, is the epitome of the national strength of the United States, after all, if anyone shoots down the Air Force One sitting on the Us president, then it will face the full retaliation of the United States, so no matter how high-end Air Force One is, it is not important, what is important is the national strength represented behind it, the so-called backwardness will be beaten, I hope that soon we will be able to throw the beautiful country behind ten streets, there is no plane in this world that cannot be shot down, only the plane that no one dares to shoot down.
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