English Explanatory Dictionary

Air Force One

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An airplane used by the President of the United States.

Word forms

Air Force One Air Force Ones

Etymology

From 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.

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