Navy One
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Navy One is the call sign of any United States Navy aircraft carrying the President of the United States.
There has been only one U.S. Navy aircraft to bear this designation[1]. An S-3 Viking, assigned to the "Blue Wolves" of VS-35, transported President George W. Bush to the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln stationed off the coast of San Diego, California on May 1, 2003.[2] The pilot was Commander Skip "Loose" Lussier, then the Executive Officer of VS-35, and the flight officer was Lieutenant Ryan "Wilson" Phillips[3].
The S-3 that served as "Navy One" was retired from service and placed on display at the National Museum of Naval Aviation in Pensacola, Florida on July 17, 2003.[2]
A Navy aircraft carrying the Vice President is designated Navy Two.
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ Navy One Retired
- ^ a b Donald, David: Warplanes of the Fleet, pages 168, 171. AIRtime Publishing Inc, 2004. ISBN 1-880588-81-1
- ^ President Bush's Pilot
- See also [1]for information from the Naval Museum on the aircraft.
[edit] See also
| United States Presidential Aircraft Callsigns | |||||||||||
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Army One |  |
Air Force One |  |
Navy One |  |
Marine One |  |
Coast Guard One |  |
Executive One |
