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_Published 2014-06-14. Government eyeing new Air Force One_


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## Transcript

[ NOISE ] Part White House, part war room, part political icon, the new Air Force One will fill many roles. Air Force One clear for take off from [ INAUDIBLE ]. On the surface, the requirements are simple, it must be a wide body, four engine commercial aircraft, but then things get complicated. Yeah, I think the biggest misconception about Air Force One, is the idea that it's some sort of a plush, comfortable, luxury jet that only is used for executive travel. When in fact, it has a military mission. It is a flying headquarters for the Commander in Chief. [ MUSIC ] Will it have an escape pod like in the movie Air Force One?

No, that is fiction. But it does have defensive capabilities, shields against the electromagnetic pulse of a nuclear attack and anti- missle systems too. The plane must be able to travel any where in the world, landing at big and small airports and of course there are many secrets. At the Reagan library, an earlier model, a modified Boeing 707 is a major draw. We all want to know what's on this plane, there's such a mystique. It is America, it's, it's, it's our presidency and I remember the first time I walked through it, you know, you just get chills. [ MUSIC ] Air Force One has been in the middle of many extraordinary moments.

When John Kennedy was assassinated, Lyndon Johnson became the next president on board. Ronald Reagan took it to meet the Russians and practiced his putting in flight too. And George W Bush used today's version, a modified Boeing 747, to fly back to Washington on 9 / 11, unable to do a TV address to the nation until he landed. That was later fixed and the new jet is expected to have full in flight broadcast capabilities along with sleeping quarters, a shower, an airborne Oval Office and an emergency room. Delivery? In seven years. But -. Trust me when I tell you that the Pentagon's military acquisition system can't achieve anything in that short a period of time.

So, like the rest of us sometimes even the President may have to wait for his plane.

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