Air Force One: Quick Facts

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Mount Rushmore and Air Force One

George W. Bush on Air Force One after the September 11 attacks

The “Sacred Cow,” National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton, Ohio

Kennedy, John F.; Kennedy, Jacqueline

Kennedy, John F.; Air Force One

Lyndon B. Johnson, Jacqueline Kennedy, and Lady Bird Johnson

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