@ Simi Valley, CA
September 2022
One of the headliner exhibits at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library is Air Force One, though without the President on board it reverts to the callsign “Special Air Mission 27000”. This was the second of two Boeing VC-137C United States Air Force aircraft that were specifically configured and maintained for the use of the President of the United States. This VC-137C (serial number 72-7000) was a customized version of the Boeing 707 which entered service during the Nixon administration in 1972. It served all US presidents until George W. Bush and was retired in 2001. SAM 27000 served seven presidents in its twenty-nine years of service: Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush. In 1990, it was replaced as the primary presidential plane by two Boeing VC-25 jumbo jets.
