SAM 26000

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SAM 26000 was a specially modified Boeing VC-137C aircraft that served for decades as the primary Air Force One for U.S. presidents, most notably carrying John F. Kennedy and later transporting his body after his assassination.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Boeing VC-137C
presidential aircraft
aircraftType Boeing VC-137C
alsoUsedBy Bill Clinton
George H. W. Bush
basedOn Boeing 707
builtFor presidential transport mission
category Air Force One
Individual aircraft
countryOfService United States
crew United States Air Force aircrew
currentLocation National Museum of the United States Air Force
currentLocationBase Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
currentLocationCity Dayton, Ohio
deliveredTo United States Air Force
designation VC-137C
enteredService 1962
finalRetirement 1998
hasFeature conference room
hardened communications equipment
presidential suite
secure communications capability
livery Raymond Loewy–designed blue and white presidential livery
manufacturer Boeing
notableEvent carried John F. Kennedy to Dallas on November 22, 1963
location where Lyndon B. Johnson took the presidential oath of office on November 22, 1963
transported the body of John F. Kennedy from Dallas to Washington, D.C. after his assassination
used for many Cold War–era presidential trips abroad
operator United States Air Force
primaryPresidentialAircraftFor Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
registration USAF 62-6000
retiredFromPresidentialService 1990
role VIP transport
presidential transport
serviceBranch Air Mobility Command
Military Airlift Command
succeededBy SAM 27000
tailNumber 26000
usedAsCallSign Air Force One
usedFor domestic presidential travel
international presidential travel

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