Former President George W. Bush doesn’t miss much about being president, he said Wednesday, with one big exception: Air Force One. “A lot of people ask me, you know, do I miss much about being ...

US President George W. Bush gives the thumbs-up as he boards Air Force One for the last time as President on January 10, 2009 at the Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia.

First introduced in 1962 under President John F. Kennedy, Air Force One has evolved into a high-tech, flying fortress worth ...

In 1990, George H. W. Bush began using new Boeing 747 planes with tail numbers 28000 and 29000 as Air Force One. The presidential office of Air Force One. Consolidated News Pictures/Getty Images ...

Air Force One is a symbol of American strength, ... The 707 served Presidents Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, and Bush. ... an array of F-16 fighter jets protected President George W. Bush from ...

Then in 2001, George W. Bush took to the skies aboard Air Force One after the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington. - Trump obsession - But Trump has long had something of an obsession with the ...

The first president to use the existing versions of Air Force One was George H.W. Bush, in 1990. "The big communications innovation at the time was a fax machine," said The New York Times .

One of Chris Allen’s most prized photos is of himself in the U.S. Air Force shaking hands with President George H.W. Bush, inspiring his future service at the presidential library.

President George W. Bush and senior staff on board Air Force One on September 11, 2001. Eric Draper, Courtesy of the George W. Bush Presidential Library/Getty Images ...

Before the shadow fleet existed, presidents used these planes to reach airfields too small to accommodate a 747. In April 2004, for example, George W. Bush flew one to a small regional airport in ...

Air Force One is a symbol of American strength, ... Notably, on September 11, an array of F-16 fighter jets protected President George W. Bush from aerial attack.