The President's Incredible Travel System

If the president is riding in a golf cart, does that become Golf Cart 1? 😂

Its all about logistics. That logistical capability is the strongest asset that the US has at its disposal on the world stage.

If you are ever in Southern California, you have to go to the Reagan Library. It is not that political but there is an entire wing created just for Presidential Transport including a full size Air Force one when they used the 707. You can walk through it and take a picture getting off like you were the President. They also have Marine One, Limo one and other various means of moving a President. The cool thing is that the museum is run by retired members of the Secret Service, some who traveled with Presidents and have some cool stories to tell.

I love the beast but whenever I think about it I can't stop thinking about that one time it got stuck in Dublin on live TV trying to leave the US embassy, because the exit ramp was too steep and made it get stuck on the road.

I think "Rail Force One" has a better ring to it.

Years ago, I had a customer needing work on a 62 Cadillac. Went to pick it up on my 9000 lb capacity lift, could only pick it up about 6". Odd, I looked the car over trying to figure out why it wouldn't come up- then I realized the windows didn't roll down- looking closer I realized they were about 2" thick. Went and talked to the customer - he said "yeah, I should have mentioned this was a secret service car" Had Kennedy been in it, who knows how long he would have lived......

The Ferdinand Magellan was the last official presidential railcar and was used by Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, and Dwight Eisenhower. This armored railcar is at the Gold Coast Railroad Museum in Florida. It was last used by Ronald Reagan in the 1980s.

You forgot something else the Secret Service does with the retired Beasts: they use them for driver training to practice evasive maneuvers and motorcade formations. They won't actually destroy them until they're no longer needed in this role. The unspoken reason why they chose to repurpose a commercial 747 instead of one newly built: one that's newly built could have hidden bugging or sabotage that's nearly impossible to detect once assembled, but taking one from commercial service means there is never any opportunity for that. Also, a proven low-mileage aircraft is less likely to run into problems than a brand new one. Those older Sea Kings they use honestly look the best of all the presidential helicopters. They're just so photogenic, which is probably the primary reason why they keep them around.

Also, manhole covers on the route of a presidential motorcade are welded shut temporarily. Then opened afterwards.

Finally someone got it right! Air Force One is a call sign not an aircraft!

Growing up in Virginia and living very close to the air port here. I’ve had the honor of watching Air Force 1 pilots doing training exercises and touch and goes. It is beyond impressive seeing what those guys maneuver those massive planes the way they do.

Turns out the real president is driving a DCPD Patrol Car in blues following all his decoys😅

I wish you had covered the bicycle, that's what I was waiting for.

This is why presidents often delay or avoid visiting sites of natural disasters . It just adds a major logistical hurdle for an already struggling area, the state’s governor is the person to quickly show up on site.

We had a motorcade visit. Despite the fact that we were already a secured federal facility, the advance team inspected every manhole along the route and welded down every cover.

I live near RAF Mildenhall and when Biden came over here for COP26 I counted no less than 11 aircraft used to get him and his entourage to Glasgow for a speech. Pretty ironic that his carbon footprint to attend a climate change conference for a few hours was probably higher than the average persons in a decade, if not more.

I LOVE the sound of Space Force One

As I recall, from an interview with one of the presidents pilots. The reason for keeping the older helicopter, is that newer bigger ones, would destroy the garden when landing on the lawn.

They should have called the bus Greyhound One.

Used to work on Andrews AFB where the 747s are kept. It somehow feels even bigger than a regular 747 when you watch it go by on the taxiway. That, and its hardened bunker/hangar its kept in is pretty impressive in its own right.