PRESIDENT NIXON'S VISIT TO RICHLAND, WASHINGTON

Army One is the

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of any

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aircraft carrying the president of the United States. From 1957 until 1976, this was usually an Army helicopter transporting the president. Prior to 1976, responsibility for helicopter transportation of the president was divided between the Army and the

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until the Marine Corps was given the sole responsibility of transporting the president by helicopter. During its presidential service, the helicopter was known either as

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or Army One, depending on whether Marine or Army pilots were operating the craft. The helicopter, with seats for sixteen, has a seat reserved for the president and the first lady, and single, smaller seats for the two

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agents who always flew with the presidential party. Wherever the helicopter carrying a U.S. president flies, it is met on the ground by at least one soldier in full

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. An Army aircraft carrying the vice president is designated Army Two.

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* https://web.archive.org/web/20160906141830/https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/themuseum/helicopter.php * https://web.archive.org/web/20120723163133/http://www.genetboyer.com/Book.html {{Use dmy dates, date=September 2019 Presidential aircraft Call signs United States Army aviation Transportation of the president of the United States

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