Air Force One in popular culture

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For the current aircraft used as Air Force One, see Boeing VC-25.
This article is about Air Force One in popular culture. For the history of the callsign, see Air Force One.
Air Force One
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Air Force One is a prominent symbol of the American presidency and its power; with the White House and presidential seal, it is one of the most familiar presidential symbols. It is also famous worldwide, so much so that when British Prime Minister Tony Blair indicated a desire for a similar personal air transport, the press immediately dubbed it "Blair Force One."

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[edit] Films

  • Air Force One has often appeared in popular culture and fiction, most notably as the setting of the 1997 action movie Air Force One. In the film, Kazakh terrorists hijack Air Force One and hold the president and other passengers as hostages. The film was noted for its fancifully-exaggerated depiction of the plane's capabilities; for example, the real Air Force One does not officially carry an escape capsule (a similar contraption was featured in the 1981 film Escape from New York).

[edit] Television

  • Air Force One is also featured in the popular Emmy-winning drama, 24, and in several episodes of The West Wing.

[edit] Books

  • Air Force One has been featured in Robert Serling's novel The President's Plane Is Missing, subsequently adapted for a TV movie and its sequel Airforce One Is Haunted. The latter describes supernatural visits to the incumbent President by the ghost of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
  • In the Alex Rider novel Eagle Strike by author Anthony Horowitz, Air Force One is overtaken by fictional villain Damian Cray at Heathrow Airport while the President is in England, and is where the last scene of the book takes place. The villain dies by getting sucked into the plane's engine.

[edit] Pop Music

  • In fashion, the term "Air Force Ones" is used to describe a particular all-white shoe that has been sold by Nike since the 1980s. These shoes have become popular hip hop icons, and have even been the focus of a 2002 rap song by rapper Nelly titled "Air Force Ones."

[edit] Other

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