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Air Force Two is the air traffic control call sign held by any US Air Force aircraft carrying the , but not the President.[1][2] The term is often associated with the Boeing C-32, a modified 757 which is most commonly used as the Vice president's transport. Other 89th Airlift Wing aircraft, such as the Boeing C-40 Clipper, C-20B, C-37A, and C-37B have served in this role as well.[citation needed] The VC-25A, the aircraft most often used by the President as Air Force One, has also been used by the vice president as Air Force Two.[3][4]
Although the U.S. Marine Corps carries the primary mission for helicopter support of both the president (Marine One) and vice president (Marine Two), UH-1N Twin Huey helicopters from the Air Force's 1st Helicopter Squadron are also used to support the Vice President in the Washington, D.C. area under the call sign Air Force Two.[citation needed]
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- ↑ "Factsheets: C-32". Air Force Link. Archived from the original on 3 August 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080803093535/http://www.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=90. Retrieved 2009-01-30.
- ↑ "Order 7110.65R (Air Traffic Control) §2-4-20 ¶7". Federal Aviation Administration. 14 March 2007. http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/ATC/atc0204.html. Retrieved 2007-08-27.
- ↑ "Cheney heads overseas to talk terrorism". USA Today. Associated Press. 10 March 2002. http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2002/03/10/cheney.htm. Retrieved 2009-01-30.
- ↑ Whitelaw, Kevin (11 March 2002). "Reporter's Notebook on Cheney's Mideast trip: Day 1: London". US News. Archived from the original on 13 January 2009. http://web.archive.org/web/20090113154817/http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/cheneytrip/notebook_311.htm. Retrieved 2009-01-30.
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