Official Aircraft Transport

Images of modified aircraft associated with U.S. officials, highlighting their presence on airfields during various political engagements.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo prepares to depart Guayaquil, Ecuador, July 20, 2019.
U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo prepares to depart Guayaquil, Ecuador, July 20, 2019.
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USA, California, Los Angeles, LAX Airport, Space shuttle carrier plane Boeing 747-123
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U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo departs Georgetown, Guyana on September 18, 2020.
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Flying Observatory SOFIA, Boeing 747 SP, SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) is a joint project of the US space agency NASA and the German Aerospace Center DLR, Stuttgart Airport, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe
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Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo departs Tokyo, Japan, on October 6, 2020.
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SAM 28000, one of the two VC-25s used as Air Force One, The US presidential aircraft, flying over Mount Rushmore in February 2003.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA, is seen on the ramp at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The SCA will carry space shuttle Endeavour to Los Angeles where it will be placed on public display.
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Successful couple boarding private Jet , man looking back over shoulder on tarmac of airport, view from drivers seat of sports car parked next to plane on tarmac
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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken prepares to depart London, United Kingdom, en route to Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 5, 2021.
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Farewell honors are given to Vice Premier Geng Biao of China and his delegation. Vice President Walter Mondale's official aircraft is in the background..
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Baikonur, Kazakhstan - (Left to right) Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander and Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri, Expedition 8 Commander Michael Foale, European Space Agency Astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain and Valery Korzun, chief of Cosmonauts, arrive in Baikonur. Expedition 8 is scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Oct. 18 on board a Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station.
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U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo departs Doha, Qatar, on September 12, 2020.
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Inside the Air Force One Pavilion at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, Simi Valley, CA
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NASA's venerable B-52B mothership launch aircraft served as the backdrop at its retirement ceremony on Dec. 17, 2004.
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Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo departs Sudan on August 25, 2020.
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Air and Space Gallery, California Science Center, Exposition Park, Los Angeles, California
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Woman passenger boarding on airplane at airport.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Retired Navy Admiral Harold W. Gehman Jr., chairman of the Columbia Accident Board, talks to the media after his arrival at the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility. Gehman and other members of the board are visiting sites at KSC to become familiar with the Shuttle launch process. The independent board is charged with determining what caused the destruction of the Space Shuttle Columbia and the loss of its seven-member crew on Feb. 1 during reentry.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - - The STS-127 crew members arrive at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to prepare for space shuttle Endeavour's July 11 launch on the 29th assembly flight to the International Space Station. Leading the way, Commander Mark Polansky is greeted by the STS-127 Launch Director Pete Nickolenko. Behind Polansky is Pilot Doug Hurley. Polansky will be making his third shuttle flight and Hurley his first. This will be the third launch attempt due to the leak of hydrogen gas at the Ground Umbilical Carrier Plate during tanking on two previous attempts, June 13 and June 17. The STS-127 mission is the final of three flights dedicated to the assembly of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory complex. Endeavour will deliver the Japanese Experiment Module's Exposed Facility, or JEM-EF, and the Experiment Logistics Module-Exposed Section, or ELM-ES.
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A KLM Boeing 747-200 "Orinoco" at Schiphol Airport.
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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken arrives to Doha, Qatar, on September 6, 2021.
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President Donald Trump, right, Vice President Mike Pence, and Second Lady Karen Pence watch the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft on NASAs SpaceX Demo-2 mission with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley onboard, Saturday, May 30, 2020, from the balcony of Operations Support Building II at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASAs SpaceX Demo-2 mission is the first launch with astronauts of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agencys Commercial Crew Program. The test flight serves as an end-to-end demonstration of SpaceXs crew transportation system. Behnken and Hurley launched at 3:22 p.m. EDT on Saturday, May 30, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. A new era of human spaceflight is set to begin as American astronauts once again launch on an American rocket from American soil to low-Earth orbit for the first time since the conclusion o
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050105-N-0057P-142. Base: Banda Aceh Airport (BTJ) State: Sumatra Country: Indonesia (IDN)
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The crew of space shuttle Endeavour's STS-123 mission arrives at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility for launch at 2:28 a.m. EDT on March 11. Exiting the plane is Commander Dominic Gorie, who will be making his fourth shuttle flight. On this mission to the International Space Station, Endeavour and its crew will deliver the first section of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory and the Canadian Space Agency's two-armed robotic system, Dextre.
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An SUV, part of Vice President Kamala Harris motorcade, drives across the tarmac at Bradley Air National Guard Base, East Granby, Connecticut, Oct. 5, 2022. Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Connecticut to speak at an event held at Central Connecticut State University.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - After their successful STS-124 mission and landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, crew members exit the crew transport vehicle. Leading the way is Commander Mark Kelly, followed by Mission Specialists Mike Fossum and Karen Nyberg. Space shuttle Discovery's main landing gear touched down at 11:15:19 a.m. EDT on Runway 15. The nose landing gear touched down at 11:15:30 a.m. and wheel stop was at 11:16:19 a.m. The mission completed 5.7 million miles. The STS-124 mission delivered the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's large Japanese Pressurized Module and its remote manipulator system to the space station.
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U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo departs Paramaribo, Suriname, on September 17, 2020.
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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken departs Joint Base Andrews En Route to Riga, Latvia, on November 29, 2021.
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U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo departs Tbilisi Airport en route to Tel Aviv Ben Gurion International Airport in Jerusalem, Israel, on November 18, 2020.
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Inspection tour of NASA installations: Houston, Texas, NASA Rich Building, departure, 11:10AM. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson views a mock-up of an Apollo command module, during President John F. Kennedys tour of spacecraft displays inside a hangar at the Rich Building of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb, stands on stairs with the Vice President. Also pictured: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin). President Kennedy visited the Center as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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Middle-aged businessman leaving private jet plane
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Sept. 30, 2014 "I asked the President if I could ride in his vehicle as he traveled to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial with Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India."
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Retired Navy Admiral Harold W. Gehman Jr., chairman of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board, addresses the press at the Shuttle Landing Facility before departing KSC. Gehman and other members of the board visited sites at KSC to become familiar with Shuttle processing procedures. The independent board is charged with determining what caused the destruction of the Space Shuttle Columbia and the loss of its seven-member crew on Feb. 1 during reentry.
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Waiting for Air Force One
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Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Bundesaussenministerin, aufgenommen nach einer ausserplanmaessigen Landung in Abu Dhabi, 14.08.2023. Aufgrund eines Defekts der Landeklappen an der Regierungsmaschine A340 musste das Flugzeug nach dem Tankstop
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Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo departs Istanbul Airport en route to Tbilisi Shota Rustaveli International Airport, on November 13, 2020.
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jsc2020e016834 - On the right, Expedition 63 backup crewmembers Steve Bowen of NASA and Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrei Babkin of Roscosmos meet with Russian space officials March 24 after arriving at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final pre-launch preparations following a flight from their training base at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. They are the backups to the prime crewmembers, Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos, who will launch April 9 on the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...Courtesy/ Roscosmos.
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