Air Force One: iconic jet gets the Trump treatment

It is arguably the world’s most iconic plane, an instantly recognizable symbol of the US presidency.

But now Air Force One — like many other American institutions once considered sacred — is getting the Donald Trump treatment.

– A name, not a plane –

Technically Air Force One is the callsign for whichever US Air Force plane, no matter how small, is carrying the US president.

But most people identify it with the two heavily modified versions of the Boeing 747-200 jet liner that usually…

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News Source: www.al-monitor.com

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