Lockheed VC-140B
Jetstar
The C-140 is a military version of the Lockheed
Model 1329 light jet transport. The USAF bought 16 Jet Stars as
C-140s. Six of them were flown as VC-140Bs on special government
and White House airlift missions by the 89th Military Airlift Wing
at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland.
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The VC-140B pictured here carried Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald
Ford, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan a number of times, although
it was not the primary presidential aircraft. It ended 26 years
of service when it was flown to the National Air Museum on July
16, 1987.
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