Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon used an Air Force One plane known as SAM 970. The first jet-powered presidential aircraft featured an office and a safe for the nuclear codes.

Benjamin Foulois made history when he climbed aboard a Wright Flyer at Fort Sam Houston and made the ... Benjamin Foulois ...

The modern Air Force ... the SAM 26000 — which meant Special Air Mission — was a Boeing 707 VC-137C that was specifically created and customized for use by a United States President.

Factbox-What Fighter Jet Programs Does the US Air Force ... the U.S. Air Force's most sophisticated fighter jet yet, dubbed the F-47, beating out competition from Lockheed Martin for a program ...