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VC-9C serial number 73-1682 transported America’s top leadership from 1975 until 2011. For much of that time it served as Air Force Two for Vice Presidents Walter Mondale, George H.W. Bush, Dan Quayle, Al Gore, and Dick Cheney, and it also carried First Ladies Rosalynn Carter, Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush, Hillary R. Clinton, and Laura Bush. When Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, or George W. Bush needed travel into smaller airports, it served as Air Force One. It also transported visiting world leaders such as Queen Elizabeth II and the Chief of Staff of the People’s Republic of China. The aircraft had extended-range fuel tanks and was the first to have a special communications suite installed for the vice president. From 1975 until 2005 it was assigned to the 89th Airlift Wing at Andrews AFB, Maryland, and from 2005 until 2011 it was assigned to the 932nd Airlift Wing at Scott AFB, Illinois. Although 37 years old when retired, it had only 16,300 flying hours, not many by airlift standards.
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