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Old Jan 9, 2004 | 12:44 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by jimrpa:
Does the British Government operate a plane, similar to our "Air Force One" that is normally flown by the Prime Minister (and presumably other ministers)?</font>
Technically, there is no aircraft called "Air Force One" - that is simply the radio callsign used by whichever Air Force aircraft happens to be carrying the President at the time. If it's the Vice-President, the aircraft uses the callsign "Air Force Two" (I think). There are several 747s which are regularly used in these roles.
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