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Marine One is the call sign of any United States Marine Corps aircraft carrying the president of the United States. [1] As of 2024, it denotes a presidential transport helicopter operated by Marine Helicopter Squadron One ( HMX-1 ) "Nighthawks", consisting of either the large new VH-92A Patriot and smaller VH-60N "White Hawk" .
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.
VH-60N helicopter used to transport the President of the United States. In modern times, the main aircraft flown by the U.S. President are specialized jet airliners and helicopters. The first Presidential flight was in 1943, FDR took a flying boat to Casablanca during WW2.
The president's own British Aerospace 146–200 Series aircraft ordered in the 1980s by the Ministry of Defence as a VIP aircraft for the President's use was leased to the national airline upon delivery after Air Zimbabwe's need for an aircraft that could land on the country's short local runways had become dire. The aircraft was leased to the ...
The X video, which has been viewed over 5,000 times as of writing, purports to show Trump’s new Marine One helicopter. “President Trump’s New Marine One Debuts! The D77-TC, operated by ...
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Douglas C-54 Skymaster aircraft, nicknamed the Sacred Cow The VC-118 Independence used primarily by President Harry S. Truman The VC-121 Columbine II, shown here while undergoing restoration in 2016, used by President Dwight Eisenhower. Franklin D. Roosevelt was the first president to fly in an aircraft while ...
The Army shared the duty of transporting the president by helicopter with the United States Marine Corps until 1976, when the latter took on sole responsibility. Navy One, this designation has been used only once, when in 2003 an S-3 Viking airplane flew then President George W. Bush to the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln.
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. [5]