Air Force One

English

Etymology

Air Force + one. Coined after an incident in 1953 where the aircraft's call sign carrying the President of the United States coincided with another aircraft in the same airspace.

Noun

Air Force One (plural Air Force Ones)

1. an airplane used by the President of the United States
   • 1971, Lyndon Johnson, “The Beginning”, in The Vantage Point‎^[1], Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 12:

     On the way to the airport, Agent Youngblood was in communication with Air Force One, to make sure it was secured and ready for us. When we arrived, we dashed up the ramp. Secret Service men rushed through the interior ahead of us, pulling down the shades and closing both doors behind us. The air conditioning was off and it was extremely hot inside the plane.

Translations

airplane

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 空軍一號 / 空军一号 (zh)

• Japanese: エアフォースワン (ea fōsu wan)
• Korean: 에어 포스 원 (eeo poseu won)

Further reading

• “Air Force One”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “Air Force One”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.