<p>Here are 10 interesting facts about Air Force One, the American Presidential aircraft.</p>.<p><strong>Air Force One is not just one plane</strong></p>.<p>The term Air Force One is not given to one particular aircraft, rather it is a callsign given to any fixed wing aircraft on which the US President is a passenger. </p>.<p><strong>There are two of them!</strong></p>.<p>There are two aircrafts that fly with each other, one serves as a backup to another.</p>.<p><strong>They are fairly old</strong></p>.<p>The two current presidential planes are almost 30 years old. They started flying under George HW Bush in 1990. Former President Barack Obama ordered two replacement Boeing 747-8 planes that are modern variants of the 747-200B that the current planes are based on.</p>.<p><strong>They are highly customised</strong></p>.<p>Air Force One is practically a flying Oval Office with state-of-the-art technology that enables the POTUS to conduct operations during a flight.</p>.<p><strong>It has two kitchens and a medical operating room</strong></p>.<p>There are two food preparation galleys and an operation theatre with a doctor flying on any given flight.</p>.<p><strong>It can refuel during flight</strong></p>.<p>Just like other military aircrafts and fighter jets, it can refuel from a flying fuel tanker</p>.<p><strong>A bomb shelter in the sky</strong></p>.<p>The 747-200B when flying is designed to be secure in the event of a nuclear blast on the ground.</p>.<p><strong>It can’t seat too many passengers</strong></p>.<p>Despite being a jumbo-jet, it can only carry 70 passengers and a crew of 26. Commercial Boeing 747s can carry at least 300 passengers based on the configuration.</p>.<p><strong>The President has a different entrance</strong></p>.<p>Invited guests and the media are not allowed to use the front entrance or the front section of the plane, which is restricted to the President and the President's family.</p>.<p><strong>There are 85 phone lines</strong></p>.<p>The plane has 85 phone lines and 19 televisions.</p>
<p>Here are 10 interesting facts about Air Force One, the American Presidential aircraft.</p>.<p><strong>Air Force One is not just one plane</strong></p>.<p>The term Air Force One is not given to one particular aircraft, rather it is a callsign given to any fixed wing aircraft on which the US President is a passenger. </p>.<p><strong>There are two of them!</strong></p>.<p>There are two aircrafts that fly with each other, one serves as a backup to another.</p>.<p><strong>They are fairly old</strong></p>.<p>The two current presidential planes are almost 30 years old. They started flying under George HW Bush in 1990. Former President Barack Obama ordered two replacement Boeing 747-8 planes that are modern variants of the 747-200B that the current planes are based on.</p>.<p><strong>They are highly customised</strong></p>.<p>Air Force One is practically a flying Oval Office with state-of-the-art technology that enables the POTUS to conduct operations during a flight.</p>.<p><strong>It has two kitchens and a medical operating room</strong></p>.<p>There are two food preparation galleys and an operation theatre with a doctor flying on any given flight.</p>.<p><strong>It can refuel during flight</strong></p>.<p>Just like other military aircrafts and fighter jets, it can refuel from a flying fuel tanker</p>.<p><strong>A bomb shelter in the sky</strong></p>.<p>The 747-200B when flying is designed to be secure in the event of a nuclear blast on the ground.</p>.<p><strong>It can’t seat too many passengers</strong></p>.<p>Despite being a jumbo-jet, it can only carry 70 passengers and a crew of 26. Commercial Boeing 747s can carry at least 300 passengers based on the configuration.</p>.<p><strong>The President has a different entrance</strong></p>.<p>Invited guests and the media are not allowed to use the front entrance or the front section of the plane, which is restricted to the President and the President's family.</p>.<p><strong>There are 85 phone lines</strong></p>.<p>The plane has 85 phone lines and 19 televisions.</p>