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A C-32A dwarfed by a VC-25A at Paris-Orly Airport, 2009. The C-32A is the military designation for the Boeing 757-2G4, a variant of the Boeing 757-200, a mid-size, narrow-body twin-engine jet airliner—that has been modified for government VIP transport use, including a change to a 45-passenger interior and military avionics. [1]
Donald Trump had planned to use the 757 for campaigning during his exploratory, ultimately abandoned 2012 presidential bid. [11] He used the 757 for transportation during his successful 2016 presidential campaign. [12] After becoming president, he began to travel on the Boeing VC-25s commonly referred to as Air Force One.
The Boeing C-32, a variant of the 757, is the usual transportation for the vice president of the United States. Air Force Two is the air traffic control designated call sign held by any United States Air Force aircraft carrying the vice president of the United States, but not the president.
Former President Donald Trump in 2022 called "fake news" reports that his private 757 aircraft was 'mothballed' at a New York state airfield.
Former President Donald Trump purchased his Boeing 757 personal plane in 2011 for $100 million from Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. Former President Donald Trump purchased his Boeing 757 personal ...
The 757 often served as a backdrop at his effective, fly-in airport rallies. During his single term in the White House, Trump flew aboard Air Force One as part of presidential necessity and custom.
Since 1998, the president has occasionally flown aboard an Air Force C-32, a narrow-body jet based on the Boeing 757 airliner. [ 90 ] [ 91 ] The Air Force bought four C-32s in 1996 to fly the president to airports whose runways were too small to accommodate the larger VC-25, or as emergency backup.
The former president bought his luxury Boeing 757 private jet in 2011 and decked it out with gold-plated seatbelts and the Trump family crest.