Aviation took off in 1903 ... Is About To Get A New Air Force One The Boeing 747-200B has been serving as Air Force One since the early 1990s, which is practically forever in plane years.

As former US News & World Report White House Correspondent Kenneth Walsh explains in his book Air Force One, the president’s modified 747 jumbo jet is “quite possibly the most unusual plane ...

Air Force One is most closely associated ... Aviation took off in 1903, so where were the presidential planes? The early years of flight were uncomfortable and dangerous. It didn't make sense ...