Inside Air Force One: Secrets to Presidential Travel

An exclusive look inside this flying fortress, from its emergency room to the presidential office.

[tailhookmd]

It should be noted that the host for this visit was the PAG Commander and Presidential Pilot USAF Col. David Banholzer. He tragically passed away in late 2016 after a courageous battle with cancer. Met him just a few times but I knew some of the pilots and navs in PAG that knew him best. Great guy, dedicated officer and tremendous pilot. He left behind a beautiful family. Clear skies and tail winds Colonel!

[bulletsht]

Let’s have Gordon Ramsay taste the food and review Air Force One as an episode of Hotel Hell.. let’s see how that goes.

[Youtiao]

love the answers:
"Are there weapons?" "The president is well protected." 
"There are no escape pods on this airplane." ....

[Battlefield]

The plane itself does begin to scratch at level 7 with deeper grooves at level 8

If you know, you know.

[curlyanneb]

She’s magnificent. I’m sure everyone who works on her loves her. I’d think the pilot must be under great pressure for every flight. Obviously, there’s more than one and they must be the best of the best.

[JoeMama-blme]

Gordon Ramsay: The steak is RAWW

Secret service: Actually it's well done

Gordon Ramsay: It's well done.

[myleslin]

Does it have wifi is the real question.

[jackiechan_wtf]

Polish by hand?!?! I can't imagine how much clay bar he need to clean this enormous plane.

[marcfield]

I bet that was an interesting conversation. Hey Mom, I'm on the president's phone.

[bobbys]

I absolutely love the 747. I have flown it as a pilot for years all over the world. I really missed it when i went to the 777. What i didnt miss was how loud the air noise was in the cockpit.

[zesolodar]

i know two people who got to fly on airforce one. said it was probably one of the coolest experiences they have had. definition of a once in a lifetime thing

[Avofan]

Took the words out of my mouth at 1:51. AFO is one bad ass plane!

[JumpingJellyMan]

To think a laptop that can launch nukes has been on that plane..

[PCthesecond]

I bet they watched Air Force One saw the escape pod and thought, hey why don’t we have that!

It wouldn’t be feasible sir

[realisticfsxpilot]

It’s not air force one when the president not in it. He could be flying a Cessna 172sp and then that be Air Force one

[jessekiefer]

Thanks John for an awesome tour of Air Force one my favorite jet in the world!

[saberridge]

I always enjoy stories about AF1. I remember a special TV show once, where they interviewed the chief steward, and he commented on a surprise trip to Iraq during the Bush years. To avoide possible surface to air attacks they took off at such a steep angle the chief steward said he didn't know the plane could climb that hard and fast.

[jamesbrady]

There are a lot of things on that plane they will never tell us about. I was at Cades cove when Bush was president and they were getting ready for his visit the next day. One of the Secret Service agents took me a tour of how they secured the location and their command truck. He was very nice. I asked him how much I was looking right at and not seeing and he said, "there is a lot, but I can't show it for security reasons."

[TheOmkardhamne]

At this moment this beauty is in *Ahmedabad India*

[PGPS-uoqe]

Yes, tell us all the secrets about our president's safety on YouTube.