Marine One is the call sign of any United States Marine Corps aircraft carrying the president of the United States. As of 2026, after the White House South Lawn helipad was constructed, the call sign
VH-92 test landing on South Lawn
A VH-34D presidential helicopter on the South Lawn of the White House in 1961
A former VH-3 Marine One at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
Inside a VH-3D Marine One transporting President Barack Obama (seated with back to camera), seated with National Security Advisor James L. Jones, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (left to right).
The Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King is an American twin-engine anti-submarine warfare helicopter designed and built by Sikorsky Aircraft. A landmark design, it was one of the first ASW rotorcraft to use turbos
Marine One
…transport helicopter operated by Marine Helicopter Squadron One (HMX-1) "Nighthawks" is the new VH-92A Patriot and smaller VH-60N "White Hawk" with the VH-3D Sea King being retired. The helicopters are called "White Tops" because of their livery. Any Marine Corps aircraft solely carrying the vice president of the…
A U.S. Navy SH-3H Sea King
SH-3 Sea King dipping a sonar, 1983
XHSS-2 Sea King prototype
SH-3As of HS-6 above Kearsarge in the early 1960s