Presidential Aircraft On The Move

Presidential Aircraft On The Move

Estimated time for aircraft to pass the public viewing area is 9 a.m. Aircraft scheduled to move April 9 are VC-54C Sacred Cow and SAM 26000 (Air Force One).

The Douglas VC-54C Skymaster "Sacred Cow", was the first aircraft purpose-built to fly the President of the United States. President Kennedy flew aboard SAM 26000 to Dallas, Texas, where he was assassinated on Nov. 22, 1963, and it was on this airplane that Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the new President after Kennedy’s death.

• DOUGLAS VC-54C SACRED COW

  

• JFKS AIR FORCE ONE

  

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National Museum of the U.S. Air Force

Presidential Aircraft On The Move is taking place at National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, which is located at 1100 Spaatz St. in Wright-Patterson AFB. National Museum of the U.S. Air Force - The world's largest and oldest military aviation museum, located in Dayton Ohio.