[lbryce]

So you are saying that the back-up of Air Force 1, an exact duplicate of Air Force 1 is not called Air Force 2. I stand corrected and would update my comment #27 to reflect Mrs. O having the Air Force 1 back-up, identical in every way, at her beck and call. Same extragavance, different call sign.:-) Thank you.

Would you happen to know the call sign of the aircraft when used to ferry Mrs. O on her European extravaganza? Just curious.

[oldbill]

From FAA instructions:
7. Presidential aircraft and Presidential family aircraft:

(a) When the President is aboard a military aircraft, state the name of the military service, followed by the word “One.”

EXAMPLE-
“Air Force One.”
“Army One.”
“Marine One.”

(b) When the President is aboard a civil aircraft, state the words “Executive One.”

(c) When a member of the President’s family is aboard any aircraft, if the U.S. Secret Service or the White House Staff determines it is necessary, state the words “Executive One Foxtrot.”

Yes, in 1973 Nixon flew on a United Airlines flight during the gas shortage and used Executive One.

Twice there has been a Navy One, when Nixon flew to the carrier for the Apollo 11 splashdown, and when Bush flew to the carrier in an S-3. In Navy tradition, an arriving commander is announced by his unit of command, e.g., “Sixth Fleet” or “149th Air Wing”. For Bush and Nixon, it was “United States of America coming aboard”.