Air Force One Plus One equals Two?

I guess it's rare to come across a possible Air Force One when browsing GE, but to come across 2 in 10 minutes was surreal.

I don't actually know if either is Air Force One. The first might be, the 2nd almost certainly not, but interesting even so.


Air Force One.kmz (699 B)


Air Force One Too.kmz (706 B)

Nice finds, Sean.

The USAF operates a couple of different variants of the Boeing 747.  The aircraft in your first pic looks like the VC25A aircraft - there are (were) only ever two made and, from the livery, this is one of them.  The last record I can find for a Presidential visit to Little Rock was President Obama's visit in 2014 to inspect tornado damage, which doesn't quite correspond to the imagery date.

Your second aircraft is the E4 version of the Boeing 747 - you can spot the give-away bulge on the spine of the aircraft just behind what would be the first-class cabin on a normal 747.  Given that this is a command-and-control version you could probably say that this is an Air Force One aircraft as well.  They're based at Offutt AFB and if you go back through the historical imagery there you can find a few.

The original VC25A are in the process of being replaced by the VC25B, a version of the Boeing 747-8, quite a bit longer than the VC25As.  They may have a new colour scheme as well, controversially chosen by President Trump.

Found their little brother at Pearl Harbor-Hickham.

Looks like a 737, so I'm guessing C-40.



Scrolled back through the historic imagery to 2012 and found Air Force One on the same spot. 



Cheers,
Sean.

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Air Force 737.kmz (696 B)