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Marine Helicopter Squadron One (HMX-1) is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron responsible for the transportation of the president and vice president of the United States, heads of state, Department of Defense officials, and other VIPs as directed by the Marine Corps and White House Military Office.
In April 2002, the Department of Defense began the VXX program, which assigned the Navy to design new presidential helicopters by 2011. [9] In November 2002, the White House asked the Secretary of Defense to accelerate development of the new aircraft; the Defense Department said a new helicopter would be ready by the end of 2008, [5] and asked companies bidding on the project to begin ...
The Sikorsky/Lockheed Martin VH-92 Patriot [4] is an American helicopter operated in the United States Marine Corps' Marine One U.S. presidential transport fleet. It is a militarized variant of the Sikorsky S-92 and is larger than the former Marine One helicopters.
Eisenhower became the first president to travel by helicopter in 1957, so he had a landing site installed at Camp David. Dwight Eisenhower with the presidential helicopter on the White House lawn. AP
The Bell 412 EPs helicopter is the President's preferred option and as a security measure the Presidential helicopter is always flown by a group of similar helicopters. One helicopter carries the president, while the others serve as decoys. These helicopters are arranged so that the location of the President is obscured after take-off.
President Joe Biden on Monday took his first flight aboard the modern VH-92A helicopter that serves as Marine One after years of delays to the program to replace the aging aircraft that carry the ...
Dignitaries gathered for a ceremony marking delivery of the 23rd and final Sikorsky Lockheed Martin next-generation VH-92A presidential helicopter.
The best known helicopters that used the Army One callsign were Sea King VH-3A helicopters that were part of the presidential fleet from 1961 to 1976. During its presidential service, the helicopter was known either as Army One or Marine One, depending on whether Army or Marine pilots were operating the craft. [2]