Original Slide USAF Boeing C-32A B-757-2G4 99-0003 CN 29027 LN 824 air force

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USAF Boeing C-32A B-757-2G4 99-0003 CN 29027 LN 824 . Taken on April 1 , 1999 .
The
Boeing C-32
is the
United States Air Force
designation for variants of the
Boeing 757
in military service. Two variants currently exist, filling different parts of the military passenger transport role. The C-32A serves the
Special Air Mission
role, providing executive transport and broad communications capabilities to senior political officials, while the C-32B Gatekeeper provides clandestine airlift to special operations and global emergency response efforts.
The primary users of the C-32A are the
vice president of the United States
(using the call sign "
Air Force Two
" when aboard), the
first lady
, and the
secretary of state
. On rare occasions, other members of the
president's Cabinet
and
members of Congress
have flown aboard the C-32A for various missions. The aircraft also occasionally serves as
Air Force One
in place of the larger
VC-25A
when the president is traveling to domestic destinations that cannot accommodate the larger
Boeing 747
-derived presidential plane.
The C-32A is the military designation for the Boeing 757-2G4, a variant of the Boeing 757-200, a mid-size,
narrow-body
twin-engine
jet airliner
—that has been modified for government VIP transport use, including a change to a 45-passenger interior and military avionics.
[1]
A contract was awarded in August 1996 for four aircraft supplemented by the smaller
C-37A
and later
C-40 Clipper
to replace the aging fleet of
VC-137
aircraft. The first plane was delivered to the
89th Airlift Wing
[1]
at
Andrews Air Force Base
,
Maryland
in late June 1998. Two more aircraft were acquired later.
B757-2G4 version of Boeing 757 airliner. 0003 (MSN 29027/824) flown under test registration of N1787B. With 89th AW, 1st AS suffered severe damage to tail at Andrews AFB, MD Jun 1, 2006 while undergoing engine test. Jet blast tore up a large piece of asphalt from edge of ramp and hurled it into the aircraft's tail. AFM 6/2007. 1st AS Active nov98 feb20
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Most of these slides were taken during my 40 years with the USAF, Seaboard World Airlines, Golden Pacific, PSA and US AIRWAYS. Some were traded for at airliner hobby shows. .
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