What is VC-137C SAM 26000?
[[File:VC-137-1 Air Force One.jpg|thumb|right|200px|SAM 26000]] '''SAM 26000''' was the first of two [[Boeing VC-137C]] [[United States Air Force]] aircraft specifically made and maintained for use by the [[President of the United States]]. It used the callsign ''[[Air Force One]]'' when the President was on board. It entered service in 1962 during the administration of [[John F. Kennedy]] and was replaced in Presidential service in 1972 but kept as a backup. The aircraft was finally retired in 1998 and is now on display at the [[National Museum of the United States Air Force]] near Dayton, Ohio. The aircraft was built at [[Boeing Renton Factory|Boeing's Renton plant]] at a cost of $8 million.<ref>{{harvnb|terHorst|Albertazzie|1979|p=200}}</ref> [[Raymond Loewy]], working with President Kennedy, designed the blue and white color scheme showing the presidential seal that is still used today.<ref>{{cite book |last=Loewy |first=Raymond |date=1979 |title=Industrial Design |publisher=The Overlook Press |isbn=978-1585679850|author-link=Raymond Loewy}}</ref> The plane was the main use of transportation for three presidents: Kennedy, [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], and [[Richard Nixon]] during his first term. In 1972, during the [[Nixon administration]], the plane was replaced by another 707, [[VC-137C SAM 27000|SAM 27000]], although SAM 26000 was kept as a back-up plane until 1998. ==References== {{reflist}} {{US-stub}} [[Category:Individual aircraft]] [[Category:United States Air Force]]