fbpx window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'UA-107039941-1');

40 Air Force One Facts

Date:
By:

Special Air Mission 41

Air Force One, Special Mission 41
The White House

After former president George H.W. Bush passed away, his final flight aboard on Air Force One was called “Special Mission 41.” By tradition, the plane is only called Air Force One when the president is on board. President Donald Trump did not travel on the aircraft, so the plane was re-designated and renamed to honor Bush. His body was carried to Washington National Cathedral for a memorial and then back to Houston and its final resting place, at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas.