Air Force One
Air Force One er flyvekontroltjenestens kaldesignal på det amerikanske luftvåbens luftfartøj, der befordrer USA's præsident.
Oftest bruges som Air Force One et af to modificerede Boeing 747-200B-fly som i starten af 1990'erne blev bygget specielt til formålet. Disse er designeret VC-25.
De to VC-25 er stationeret i Joint Base Andrews i delstaten Maryland.
Flyet har en rækkevidde på 12.600 km og har plads til mere end 70 passagerer. Der er to indgange til flyet, en forrest og en agterst. Den forreste er den fornemme og den agterste er mindre fornem. På halefinnen ses forskellige identifikationskoder for flyene: 28000 på det ene og 29000 på det andet fly. Alle flyvninger med disse fly udføres af flyverdetachementet Presidential Airlift Group, som er en del af Air Mobility Command, 89th Airlift Wing. Der bliver typisk af sikkerhedshensyn lukket for anden flytrafik i lufthavnen omkring ankomst og afgang af Air Force One, og i USA er der en permanent flyveforbudszone på 25 sømil omkring præsidenten og hans fly.
Når præsidenten rejser med fly, disponerer han desuden ofte over både helikopter og skudsikker limousine (Cadillac One). Igen anvendes nummerbetegnelser – idet helikopteren kaldes Marine One da den stilles til rådighed af USA's marinekorps. Tilsvarende for de andre våbenarter findes Army One, Navy One (kun brugt en gang – 1. maj 2003), Coast Guard One (aldrig brugt) og Executive One, når det drejer sig om et, rekvireret, civilt fly.
Tilsvarende vil fly med den siddende amerikanske vicepræsident hedde Air Force Two, Marine Two osv.
Air Force One har været i København fire gange ved præsidenterne Clintons (1997), Bushs (juli 2005) og Obamas besøg (2. oktober 2009) og (18. december 2009).
Præsident Clinton fik ved sit besøg i 1997 overrakt en bycykel med navnet City Bike One.[1]
Tidligere Air Force One
Air Force One har ikke altid været en Boeing 747. Tidligere har der været brugt Boeing 757, Boeing 737, Boeing 707, Douglas C-54 Skymaster (DC-6), Boeing 314 Clipper, B-24 Liberator. Teknisk set er Air Force One blot kaldenavnet på det fly fra US Air Force, præsidenten flyver med.
I populærkultur
Air Force One er ofte blevet anvendt i både litteratur og film.
I 1997 spillede Harrison Ford præsident i filmen Air Force One, hvor han bliver kidnappet af russiske terrorister. I den populære tv-serie Præsidentens mænd (The West Wing) fra 1999 indgår flyet også som en vigtig institution.
Elvis Presleys privatfly Lisa Marie blev ofte benævnt Hound Dog One med et spøgefuldt hint til Air Force One.
Air Force One blev nævnt i filmen United 93 fra 2006.
Referencer
- ^ "Copenhagen City Bike" (engelsk). Wonderful Copenhagen. Arkiveret fra originalen 27. november 2015. Hentet 3. januar 2016.
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The Flag of the United States Navy, as defined in Executive Order 10812 of April 24, 1959. The design is described there as:
The flag for the United States Navy is 4 feet 4 inches hoist by 5 feet 6 inches fly, of dark blue material, with yellow fringe, 2½ inches wide. In the center of the flag is a device 3 feet and 1 inch overall consisting of the inner pictorial portion of the seal of the Department of the Navy (with the exception that a continuation of the sea has been substituted for the land area), in its proper colors within a circular yellow rope edging, all 2 feet 6 inches in diameter above a yellow scroll inscribed "UNITED STATES NAVY" in dark blue letters.
The U.S. Navy flag is used for display purposes at ceremonies, parades, and other public functions where the U.S. Navy has an official presence, usually being carried by an honor guard on ceremonial occasions. It is not used for outdoor, fixed (permanent) purposes, and is not flown on Navy ships. Versions without fringe and different dimensions seem to be common, though it appears they are not technically the official U.S. Navy flag, as the executive order has not been amended.
Prior to 1959, the Navy Infantry Battalion flag was used to represent the U.S. Navy.
For more information, see the Navy's flag history page, SeaFlags, Flags of the World, U.S. Navy document NTP 13(B) [1], section 1710, and Navy regulation OPNAVINST 10520.1 (which replaced a similar SECNAVINST 10520.2D regulation from 1974).
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The Service Color of the U.S. Coast Guard. This is not the same as the law enforcement ensign, which features vertical red stripes defaced with the anchor symbol of the USCG.
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U.S. Presidential flag, 1960-present. It is defined in Executive Order 10860.
Forfatter/Opretter: Mathieu Marquer from Paris, FRANCE, Licens: CC BY-SA 2.0
Air Force One and Air Force Two at Paris Orly.
Original caption: ""The Sacred Cow", the most historic aircraft then in commission, made its final flight at 11:10 A.M., Tuesday, October 17th, before going into retirement and enshrinement. Major General Brooke Allen, Commander of Headquarters Command, who was the first American bomber air pilot to go into combat in World War II, landed the Air Force C-54 that flew both President Franklin D. Roosevelt and President Harry S. Truman during World War II, at Andrews Air Force Base after making an eight mile flight from Bolling. "The Sacred Cow", nicknamed by Fleet Admiral William Leahy, flew more than 1,500,000 miles, equivalent to 70 times around the world, was turned over to the National Air Museum. The military ceremony transferring "The Sacred Cow" that has logged 12,135 hours and 25 minutes took place at Andrews Air Force Base, 11 A.M., Monday, December 4, 1961. General Allen, the pilot of the "Cow"'s last flight, was able to take off the first B-17 bomber when the Japanese struck Pearl Harbor, December 7th, 1941, from Hickam Air Force Base."
Air Force One arrives at the North Carolina Air National Guard base at Charlotte Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, N.C., Aug. 26, 2014. President Barack Obama visited Charlotte to deliver remarks during the 96th American Legion National Convention about issues affecting U.S. military veterans.
The Service Color of the U.S. Coast Guard. This is not the same as the law enforcement ensign, which features vertical red stripes defaced with the anchor symbol of the USCG.