The Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express was a transport derivative of the B-24 Liberator heavy bomber built during World War II for the United States Army Air Forces. A total of 287 C-87s were deliver
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C-87 Liberator Express takes off from Fort Worth, Texas on a test flight in October 1942.
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Air Force One is the official air traffic control–designated call sign for a United States Air Force aircraft carrying the president of the United States. The term is commonly used to denote U.S. Air
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…D. Roosevelt on international trips. Had it been accepted, it would have been the first aircraft to be used in presidential service, i.e. the first Air Force One. However, the Secret Service, after a review of the C-87's controversial safety record, flatly refused to approve the Guess Where II for presidential…
The new Air Force One, a Boeing VC-25B Bridge, in service since July 2026
Theodore Roosevelt and pilot Arch Hoxsey before their 1910 flight in St. Louis
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Douglas C-54 Skymaster aircraft, nicknamed the Sacred Cow
The VC-118 Independence used primarily by President Harry S. Truman