Which famous statement did John F. Kennedy make after arriving in divided Berlin aboard the VC-137C?

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Mount Rushmore and Air Force One — Air Force One Air Force One, a Boeing 747 reserved for use by the president of the United States, flying over Mount Rushmore, South Dakota.

In 1963, while visiting West Berlin, President John F. Kennedy delivered a famous speech in which he declared, "Ich bin ein Berliner" ("I am a Berliner").1

This statement served as a powerful show of defiance against Soviet oppression and a demonstration of American support for the people of West Berlin, who were living in an urban enclave surrounded by the communist German Democratic Republic. Kennedy traveled to the city aboard the Boeing 707/VC-137C, which served as Air Force One during his administration.12