Air Force One
noun/ˌeə fɔːs ˈwʌn/
/ˌer fɔːrs ˈwʌn/
- the name given to a special aircraft in the US air force when the US President is using itCultureThe first such plane was provided in 1944 for Franklin D Roosevelt, but the first time the plane carrying the president was called Air Force One was in 1959, when Dwight D Eisenhower was president, and the name was not made official until 1962.Topics War and conflictc2
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