Boeing 747 / American Airlines US Presidential Fleet were high altitude interceptors

were high altitude interceptors

cruised better and overall was slightly faster than the fighter version

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the 89th Airlift Wing is capable of taking senior leadership nonstop to areas of the world that previously required flying much larger aircraft

the Junkers Jumo 210

Boeing 747 / American Airlines US Presidential Fleet were high altitude interceptorsAmerican Airlines Boeing 747 airplane model. Boeing conceived the 747 in the mid 1960s following its failure to secure a US Air Force contract for an ultra large strategic transport (which resulted in the Lockheed C 5 Galaxy), when it identified a market for a high capacity 'jumbo jet'. Boeing was able to draw upon design experience with the USAF transport and launched the new airliner on July 25, 1966. First flight occurred on February 9, 1969;