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Acheson, Dean, 47, 52
Adenauer, Konrad, 58, 83
Afghanistan, 125
air controllers, mistakes of, 23
Air Force, U.S., 180
Air Mobility Command of, 33
establishment of, 53
fighter escorts of, 23, 207, 210, 214
museum of, 62
Air Force C9, 202
Air Force C20, 194
Air Force One:
and air traffic, 23
amenity abuse on, 35–36
as “Angel,” 209–11, 227
backup for, 24, 30, 31, 34, 36, 87, 160
clearance for, 23
cloistered environment of, xiii–xiv, 5, 7, 16, 70–72, 94, 169, 174, 183, 207, 212, 215, 217, 224
communications systems of, 18, 24, 30–31, 33, 37, 38, 46–47, 63, 96, 101, 112, 198–99, 210–13, 214, 224
concentration of power on, 16, 79, 214
cost of, 30, 36, 37
decisions made on, 8, 10, 53, 54, 63, 95, 165, 167, 183, 208
designation of, 36, 62, 204
escape via, 4, 5, 79, 81, 107, 108, 155, 181, 184, 207
experience of, 15–38
fame of, 17
fighter escorts for, 23, 207, 210, 214
First Lady’s cabin on, 106–7
flight crews of, 7, 31–32, 44, 81, 100–101, 102, 109, 111, 113, 121–22, 126, 128–29, 140, 162, 214
food and beverage service on, 27–30, 35, 42, 59, 80, 101, 104, 109, 120, 128, 163, 165
as functioning White House, 6, 16, 46–47, 63, 77–78, 85–86, 95, 169, 171, 212, 217
future of, 37–38
government in microcosm on, 16, 139, 212
historic actions on, 53, 54
as icon, xv, 44, 49
informality on, 5, 8, 9, 13, 51, 101–2, 144, 169, 179, 184–87, 217
Johnson’s oath of office on, xv, 2, 17, 73–75, 77
and journalists, 63
luggage on, 18–19, 25, 36, 128, 157–58
maintenance of, 20, 86–87
movie about, 1
movies on, 31, 67, 185, 218–19, 221–22
names of, 49, 56–57, 97, 109, 112–13
oceanic escorts for, 26
as political instrument, 5, 8, 13, 14, 48, 49–50, 83, 85–86, 107–8, 114–15
as presidential habitat, 4–6, 7, 8, 15–16, 56, 169, 224
presidential suite in, 32, 48–49, 64, 84, 102, 106–7, 113, 163–64
president’s routine for arriving at, 21–22
press pool and, xiii, 9–10, 19, 63, 82, 84–85, 88, 97, 162, 190, 203, 224
religious services on, 219–21
restrooms on, 35
role of, 1–14
royal treatment on, 7, 15, 16
seating on, 19, 34–35, 155
security on, 14, 20–25, 27–30, 109, 120, 155, 192–94, 207, 210
and September 11 attacks, 207–15, 219
“skin” of, 23–24
sleeping on board, 101, 183, 187–89, 218
smoking banned from, 163
solitude attained on, 3, 4, 5, 7, 102–3, 110, 113, 174
souvenirs taken from, 15, 16, 35, 127–28, 155, 157–58
as spy plane, 25–26
stuck in mud, 33–34
as symbol, xv, 1–2, 5, 13, 14, 44, 49–50, 57, 62–63, 75, 138, 160, 162, 224–25
as target, 24–25, 209–11
Albertazzie, Ralph, 25, 49, 79, 101, 104, 108, 109, 110
Albright, Madeleine, 197
al Qaeda, 193, 202–3
“Amazing Grace,” 175, 220
Ambrose, Stephen E., 58
American Airlines Flight 11, 206
American Airlines Flight 77, 206, 213
Andrews Air Force Base, Washington, 20–21, 30, 33, 63, 78, 171, 202, 203, 214
Aquino, Cory, 166
Aristotle, 66
Assad, Hafez al-, 108
Associated Press, 84
Atlantic Clipper, 41–42
“Atoms for Peace,” 54–55
Babi Yar, Clinton’s visit to, 192
Baker, Howard, 127
Baker, James A. 3d, 137, 145, 167
Barclay, Edwin James, 42
Bar Harbor Airlines, near miss with, 23
Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, 210, 211–12
Bartlett, Dan, 207, 212, 215
“Battle Hymn of the Republic,” 96
Bay of Pigs, 66, 68
Begin, Menachem, 125
Berger, Sandy, 10–11, 179, 192–94, 198
Berlin:
Bush’s visit to, 168
Kennedy’s trip to, 67, 70
Reagan’s visit to, 154
Bernstein, Carl, 125
Beschloss, Michael, 68, 69, 72
bin Laden, Osama, 193, 203
Boeing 707 as Air Force One, 17–18, 106–7
backup, 34, 87
capacity of, 18, 63
kitchens of, 27–28
maintenance of, 86–87
operating costs of, 30
outmoded, 159
as permanent exhibit, 160
Boeing 747 as Air Force One, 18, 159–60
airport accommodation for, 106
backup, 31, 160
capacity of, 18, 32–33
construction of, 20, 36–37
food service on, 27
luxury of, 163–64
operating costs of, 30
Boeing 757 and 767, in September 11 attacks, 206
Bogart, Humphrey, 67
Bono, 186
Brazil, Reagan’s trip to, 150
Brinkley, Doug, 4, 15
Brown, Jerry, 117
Brown, Pat, 89
Bryan, Otis F., 42
Brzezinski, Zbigniew, 126
Buddy (dog), 201–2
Bull, Jim, 101, 129, 140, 144, 153
Burleigh, Nina, 183–84
Burns, James MacGregor, 40
Bush, Barbara, 163, 165, 175, 213
Bush, George H. W., 143, 158, 159, 161–75
activities on board, 165–67, 169–70
and Air Force One as symbol, xv, 162, 225
Asian trip of, 161
author’s interview with, 14, 163
background of, 7, 162
Boeing 707 for, 18
Boeing 747 for, 18, 37, 160, 163–64
bounty on his head, 174
campaigns of, 161, 172–73, 174–75
and cold war end, 161, 168
final flight of, 175
flying time of, 178
food service for, 8, 28, 29, 163, 165
and Gulf War, 161, 168, 171–72
isolation of, 174
and the media, 162, 165, 169, 173–74
Middle East travel of, 10–11, 164, 168
on-plane wardrobe of, xiv, 169, 222
personality traits of, xiv, 161–63, 165, 173
and September 11 events, 213
as vice president, 11, 161, 162
Bush, George W., 56, 205–25
activities on board, xv, 207–11, 212–14, 216–18, 221–23
and Air Force One as symbol, 2, 224
author’s interview with, 2, 214, 216, 221
and communication systems, 30–31, 210–13, 224
decisions made by, 19, 208, 212, 219
election of, 214–15
and father’s term, 170, 174, 175
food service for, 29
foreign travel of, 218, 219
and the media, 212, 216, 224
personality traits of, 6, 212, 215–16, 218, 219, 222
September 11 activities of, 2, 8, 10, 17, 24, 205–15, 219
spiritual side of, 19, 219–21
Bush, Jeb, 205
Bush, Laura, 212, 217, 220
Bush, Neil, 170
Butler, Paul M., 56
Byrnes, James F., 47
C-20C Gulfstream III, 30
Caddell, Pat, 132–33
Califano, Joseph A., Jr., 89
Calio, Nick, 218
Camp David accords, 12
Canada, summit in, 15
Cannon, James, 112, 114
Card, Andrew, 8, 166, 206, 207–10, 212–14, 217–20
Carter, Amy, 129–30
Carter, Jimmy, 111, 123–34
activities on board, 124, 125–29, 131, 133–34, 164
and Air Force One as symbol, xv, 225
author’s interview with, 12, 13, 123
background of, 7
Boeing 707 for, 18
campaigns of, 120, 121, 124, 131–33
and cold war, 124–25
and costs of flying, 30, 127–29
final flight of, 133–34, 158
food service for, 28, 29, 128
and hostages, 125, 130–32, 133–34
inaugural address of, 123–24
and the media, 125, 157
Middle East travel of, 10–13, 125, 130, 164
personality traits of, xiv, 6, 123, 125–27, 130
postpresidency of, 12–13
Carter, Rosalynn, 126, 128, 129–30
Casablanca, Roosevelt’s trip to, 41–43
CBS News, 100
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 25–26, 53
Chappell, Joe, 74, 81, 83
Cheney, Dick, 121, 166, 207–10, 212
Chiang Kai-shek, Madame, 47
China, Nixon’s trip to, 2, 96–98
Christophe, 180–81
Christopher, Warren M., 131, 164, 182
Churchill, Winston, xiv, 40, 41, 44, 46, 47, 66
Clark, Bill, 155
Clinton, Bill, 164, 176–204
activities on board, xiv–xv, 3, 5, 9, 14, 177–79, 183–89, 221, 222
Air Force One as escape for, 5, 8, 181–87, 224
antiwar views of, 179–80
author’s interviews with, 3, 8, 9, 10, 179, 190, 191–92, 194–95
background of, 7
campaigns of, 31, 174, 200–201
and communications, 33–34, 198–99
costs of flying, 30
decisions made by, 10, 183, 192–99
and Elian incident, 195–97
final flight of, 203–4
flying time of, 177–78
food service for, 28, 29, 199
foreign travel of, 2, 10–11, 30, 177, 189–95
haircut of, 23, 180–81
impeachment of, 176, 177, 197–98
and the media, 9–10, 82, 180–82, 186, 187, 201, 202
personal traits of, 6, 178, 180, 182–84, 191, 198
and Rabin’s funeral, 8, 190–94
rewards to donors from, 8
security threat to, 192–95
and summits, 167, 181–82, 187–88
western trip of, 188–89
Clinton, Chelsea, 184, 193, 201–2
Clinton, Hillary Rodham, 176, 184, 188, 193, 201–3
Coast Guard, U.S., 26
Cockrell, Larry, 194
Cohen, William S., 197
cold war, 8–9, 25–26, 56, 61, 67–68, 69–72, 78, 98, 114, 120–21, 124–25, 135–36, 150–53, 154–55, 161, 168
Colson, Chuck, 105–6
Columbine, 4, 53–54, 57
Committee to Re-Elect the President (CREEP), 99
Cone, Howard, 41, 42
Connally, John B., 73
Cormier, Frank, 82, 83
Cornelius, Catherine, 181
Crispell, Kenneth, 69
Cross, James, 86–87, 90
Crystal, Billy, 219
Curl, Joseph, 221
Daley, Richard M., 178–79
Dallas, Kennedy’s trip to, 64, 73–75
Dallek, Robert, 9, 69, 78, 81, 88
Darman, Dick, 155
Davis, Patrick A., 202
Dean, John, 102, 105–6
Dean, Maureen “Mo,” 105
Deaver, Michael, 137, 149
Defense Department, U.S., 53
de Gaulle, Charles, 58, 68, 83
Deng Xiaoping, 127
Dickens, Reed, 220–21
Dixie Clipper, 41–42
Dole, Bob, 200, 201
“Doomsday Plane,” 24
“Doonesbury” (comic strip), 1
Dornelles Vargas, Getulio, 42
Douglas, Kirk, 67
Douglas C-54 prop planes, 42, 43
Douglas DC-6 prop planes, 48–49
Douglas, Paul, 89
Draper, Bill, 4, 54, 57
Draper, Eric, 210
Duberstein, Ken, 139–40, 150
“Duck Butts,” 26
Dulles, Allen, 25
Dulles, John Foster, 57
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 53–60, 61, 78, 94
activities on board, 54–56
background of, 6
Boeing 707 for, 17–18, 57–59, 63, 159
campaign of, 51
and cold war, 25, 56
and Columbine, 4, 53–54, 57
flying time of, 54, 56, 177
four-engine prop plane for, 30, 53–57, 58
military outlook of, xiv, 47, 54, 55–56, 65
on social change, 3–4
world travel of, 58–60, 64, 177
Eisenhower, Mamie, 54, 57
Eizenstat, Stu, 133
Elizabeth II, queen of England, 58, 71, 96
Engskov, Kris, 184, 202
Erhard, Ludwig, 73
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), 23
First Lady:
billed for food service, 28
cabin for, 106–7
responsibilities of, 21
Fitzwater, Marlin, 142, 144, 146, 147, 154–55, 157–58, 167, 169, 171
Fleischer, Ari, 211, 212, 215, 221, 222, 224
“Flying Boat,” 40, 41–42
Forbes, 163
Ford, Betty, 113, 115–16, 118–19, 121, 209
Ford, Gerald R., 109, 111–22
activities on board, 113–14
on Air Force One as symbol, 13
assassination attempts on, 117–19, 209
author’s interview with, 13
background of, 7
Bible for, 114
and cold war, 114, 120–21
costs of flying, 30
decisions of, 114
falls taken by, 21, 115–16
final flight of, 121–22, 158
food and beverage service for, 28, 29, 120
as football hero, 113, 116
and the media, 85, 115–17, 120–21, 161
Middle East travel of, 10–13
Nixon pardoned by, 11, 112, 123
oath of office of, 109
personality traits of, xiv, 4, 7, 111–14, 116–17, 122
postpresidency of, 12–13
as vice president, 7, 111, 113
Ford, Harrison, 1
Franklin, Howie, 27–28, 29, 31–32, 111, 121–22, 141, 179, 187–88, 199
Friendly, Andrew, 184
Fromme, Lynette Alice “Squeaky,” 117–18
Frost, Robert, 66
Gaines, Jeremy, 184
Galston, Bill, 16
Gergen, David, 5, 108, 117, 137, 139, 183
Gerson, Michael, 215
Gingrich, Newt, 191
Giscard d’Estaing, Valery, 127
“God Bless America,” 155
Goldberg, Bernard, 216
Goldman, Eric, 87
Gomez, Carlos, 69
Gonzales, Elian, 10, 195–97
Goodin, Steve, 184
Goodwin, Richard, 87
Gorbachev, Mikhail, 2, 135–36, 143, 147, 148, 150–53, 154, 166, 167–68
Gore, Al, 195, 197, 214–15
Great Depression, 2, 39–40
Great Society, 9, 79, 83, 87–88, 89
Griscom, Tom, 148
Gulf War, 161, 168, 171–72
Haig, Alexander M., Jr., 12, 95, 112
Haigh, John, 81, 126, 140, 162
“Hail to the Chief,” 112
“Haircut Incident,” 23, 180–81
Haldeman, H. R. “Bob,” 94, 95, 96, 98–104, 105–6
Hawaiian Islands, Truman’s trip to, 50
heat-seeking missiles, 24
Heston, Charlton, 137
Higby, Larry, 100–101
Hinckley, John, Jr., 135
Holt, Harold, 86, 90, 91
Homeland Security, Department of, 19, 219
Hopkins, Harry, 42
Hughes, Howard, 105–6
Hughes, Karen, 211, 212, 217, 219, 220
Hughes, Sarah, 74
Humphrey, Hubert H., 94
Hussein, king of Jordan, 10–11
Hussein, Saddam, 168, 172, 197
“Ich Bin Ein Berliner,” 64, 67
Ickes, Harold L. (FDR confidant), 186
Ickes, Harold L., Jr. (Clinton staff), 186–87, 188–89
Independence, 44, 49, 53, 55
Iran, American hostages in, 125, 130–32, 133–34, 153
Iran-Contra, 136, 153–55
Iraq, bombing of, 197–98, 203
Jacobson, Max, 69
Jefferson, Thomas, xix
Jetstar aircraft, 171
John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award, 112
Johnson, Lady Bird, 74, 81, 83
Johnson, Lyndon B., 77–93, 177
activities on board, 9, 36, 77–78, 79, 82, 83, 178
Air Force One as escape for, 5, 79, 91, 108
Asian trip of, 89, 91–92
background of, 6
Boeing 707 for, 18, 30, 162
final flight of, 93
food and beverage service for, 28–29, 80
lobbying by, 8, 78, 83, 85–86
and the media, 82, 84–85, 88
oath of office, xv, 2, 17, 73–75, 77, 78
personality traits of, xiv, 4, 6, 78–84, 86
and social change, 78–79, 81, 83, 87–90
as stickler for safety, 86–87
as vice president, 73, 86
and Vietnam War, 79, 90–92, 95
Jordan, Hamilton, 132, 134
journalists, see media
Kaufman, Ron, 174–75
Kennedy, Edward M. “Ted,” 112
Kennedy, Jacqueline Bouvier, 63–64, 73–76, 77, 78
Kennedy, John F., 60, 61–76, 86, 94
activities on board, xiv, 9, 64–65, 67, 73
and Air Force One as symbol, xv, 62–63
assassination of, xv, 2, 17, 34, 73–75, 77, 78, 119
background of, 6
Boeing 707 for, 18
book by, 66
and cold war, 8–9, 26, 61, 67–68, 69–72
crises in term of, 66
food service for, 80
inaugural address of, 61–62
medical problems of, 68–69, 72, 73
personal traits and physical appearance of, 62, 65–66, 96
world travel of, 8–9, 64, 177
Kennedy, Joseph P., 67, 75
Kennedy, Robert F., 64, 75–76, 78, 92, 119
Kennedy, Rose, 78
Kerwin, Tim, 28, 137, 163, 190, 202
Kessler, Ronald, 81
Khrushchev, Nikita, 8–9, 63, 68, 69–71, 83
King, B. B., 199
King, Josh, 184, 185
King, Rev. Martin Luther, Jr., 92, 119
Kissinger, Henry A., 95, 96, 97, 98–99, 103–4
Koppel, Ted, 187
Korean War, 52–53
Krock, Arthur, 59
Laird, Melvin R., 95
LBJ, The Way He Was (Cormier), 82
League of Nations, 39
Leahy, Adm. W. D., 42
Lee, Harper, 66
Lewinsky, Monica, 176, 177, 201, 202, 203
Lincoln, Abraham, 40, 71
Lindbergh, Charles A., 43
Lindsay, Bruce, 183, 189
Lockhart, Joe, 13, 14, 193, 195, 197–98
Lockheed Constellation planes, 53–54
Loewy, Raymond, 64
Los Angeles Times, The, 152, 156–57
Love Field, Dallas, 75
Luntz, Frank, 17
MacArthur, Gen. Douglas, 50
McCarthy, Eugene, 92
McClelland, Lester, 130
McCurry, Mike, 29–30, 202
McFarlane, Bud, 153
McGovern, George, 94–95, 99–100
McHugh, Godfrey, 70
McInturff, Bill, 2, 17
McLarty, Mack, 33, 180, 181–82, 192, 202
Macmillan, Harold, 58, 83
MacMillan, Robert, 80–81
McNamara, Robert S., 90
Manchester, William, 65, 66
Mao Tse-tung, 98
Marine Corps, U.S., 180
Marine One helicopter, 21, 26, 105, 158, 180, 189, 201
Marsalis, Wynton, 199
Matalin, Mary, 174–75
media:
as confrontational, 125
presidential image in, 48, 62–63, 115–17, 136–39, 180–81
presidential suspicion of, 9–10, 19–20, 96, 98–100, 173–74, 216
presidential use of, 63, 71, 97, 165, 169
press pool, xiii, 9–10, 19, 63, 82, 84–85, 88, 97, 162, 190, 203, 224
separate plane for, 19
Meese, Edwin III, 137
“Michigan Fight Song,” 112
Miers, Harriet, 219–20
Mondale, Walter F., 4, 85–86, 145
Moore, Sara Jane, 118
Morris, Edmund, 215
motorcades, presidential, 22, 118
Mubarak, Hosni, 11
Musharraf, Gen. Pervez, 192
Myers, Gen. Richard B., 213
Nader, Ralph, 201
National Security Act (1947), 53
Navy, U.S., 26, 180
Nehru, Jawaharlal, 59, 83
Nessen, Ron, 85, 113, 115–16, 120–21
Newark, New Jersey, airport (EWR), 22, 23
Newsweek, 88, 100, 152
New York:
airports in, 22
September 11 attacks on, 206, 211
New York Times, The, 15, 59, 100, 151, 152
Nixon, Pat, 104, 106–7, 109
Nixon, Richard M., 94–110, 111, 177
activities on board, 95, 97–98, 101–3
Air Force One as escape for, 5, 108
background of, 7
Boeing 707 for, 18, 106–7
final flight of, 109–10, 158
food and beverage service for, 101, 104, 109
Ford’s pardon of, 11, 112, 123
inauguration of, 93
isolation sought by, 5, 94, 101, 102–3, 107–8, 110, 113
legacy of, 103
and the media, 96, 97, 98–100
personality traits of, xiv, 6, 7, 11, 94, 95, 96, 99, 103, 112, 113
re-election of, 99–100
resignation of, 109–10, 111
trip to China, 2, 28, 96–98
trip to Middle East, 11, 108
trip to Poland, 104–5
trip to Soviet Union, 2, 108
as vice president, 94, 96
and Vietnam War, 95, 107
and Watergate, 95, 96, 99, 103, 105–6, 107, 108, 112
Nixon, Tricia, 109
Norman, Greg, 199
North, Oliver, 153
nuclear attack, threat of, 24, 109
Oak Ridge Boys, 175
O’Brien, Lawrence F., 77, 105–6
O’Donnell, Kenneth, 9, 70–71, 73, 74, 75
Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, 24, 213
Oval Office, xv, 16
Pakistan, Clinton’s trip to, 192–95
Palmer, Charles, 111, 116, 119, 128, 130
Pan Am Dixie Clipper “Flying Boat,” 40
Panetta, Leon, 8, 164, 187
Parr, Jerry, 22
Paul VI, Pope, 91, 92
Penn, Mark, 7, 200–201
Pennsylvania, plane crash in, 207, 209
Pentagon, September 11 attack on, 206, 207, 213
Persian Gulf War, 161, 168, 171–72
Philippines, coup attempt in, 166–67
Pisha, Gerald, 81, 129
Playboy, 157
Podesta, John, 195
Poindexter, John, 152
Poland, Nixon’s trip to, 104–5
Potsdam, Truman’s travel to, 46–47
Powell, Gen. Colin, 166–67, 218, 220
Powell, Jody, 124, 125, 132
Powers, David, 73, 75
presidency:
“access itch” with, 19
Air Force One as habitat of, 4–6, 7, 8, 56, 169, 224
backup systems for, 26–27
“black box” for, 109
changes in, 2
commander in chief role of, 172, 212
diverse backgrounds of incumbents, 6–7
entourage to accompany, 7, 18, 46–47, 157, 169, 186–87
global reach of, 57–58, 64
human side of, 8, 62, 117
image of, 5–6, 48, 62–63, 103, 115–17, 123, 125, 136–39, 180–81
impeachment and, 176, 177, 197–98
isolation of, 3, 174, 212
locked briefcase of, 120
respect for, 162, 187
support staff for, 27
World War II–era men in, 66
presidential libraries, 12, 13
Profiles in Courage (Kennedy), 66
Project Lida Rose, 25
Public Opinion Strategies, 17
Quayle, Dan, 166
Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2), 17
“Queenie,” 57
Quigley, Joan, 147–48
Quincy, 44
Rabin, Yitzhak, 8, 164, 190
Reagan, Nancy Davis, 135, 137, 142
activities on board, 5, 143–45
final flight of, 158–59
influence of, 145
superstitions of, 147–48, 149
Reagan, Ronald, 111, 135–60
activities on board, 3, 138–40, 143–47, 149–50, 152–53, 159
Air Force One as prop for, xv, 137, 138–39
and Air Force One as symbol, xv, 138, 160, 224
assassination attempt on, 135, 147, 148
author’s interviews with, 3
background of, 7
Boeing 707 for, 18, 19
campaigns of, 115, 131, 132, 137, 142
clothing of, 13, 139
and cold war, 135–36, 150–53, 154–55
disengagement of, 6, 136, 139, 150, 153, 161
final flight of, 158–59
flying time of, 177
food service for, 29, 144, 155
foreign travel disliked by, 141–42
and image, 136–37, 138–39, 141, 146, 153, 155–56, 161
and Iran-Contra, 136, 153–55
and the media, 136, 137–39, 152–53, 156–57, 165
and Middle East, 11, 133, 134
personality traits of, xiv, 6, 135, 139–40, 143, 146–47, 152, 155–56
popularity of, 7, 135, 140–41
practical jokes of, 8, 146
privacy sought by, 5, 139–40
scripted lines for, 136–39, 142–43, 161, 169
summit meetings of, 2, 136, 150–53, 154–55
superstitions of, 148–49
“The Walk” of, xv, 136–37, 138–39
Rebozo, Bebe, 104, 105
Reedy, George, 80, 82, 84
Reeves, Richard, 97–98, 103
Regan, Donald T., 145, 148, 152
Reno, Janet, 195–97
Reykjavik, summit meeting in, 2
Ricchetti, Steve, 196
Rice, Condoleezza, 207, 210, 217–20
Rio de Janeiro, Truman’s trip to, 49
Risk (game), 216–17
Roberts, Charles, 88
Rodriguez, Noelia, 221
Rollins, Ed, 170
Romer, Roy, 189
Rooney, Mickey, 146
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 41, 43, 64
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 39–44, 142
background of, 6
death of, 65
first presidential flight of, 3, 40, 43, 47, 48
oxygen bottles for, 48
social legislation of, 87, 90
travel as escape for, 40
wartime flights of, xiv, 41–43, 68
Roosevelt, Theodore, xiii, 39, 215–16
Rosenker, Mark, 31, 37–38
Rove, Karl, 5, 206, 207, 212
Ruddick, Bob, 130, 159
“Ruffles and Flourishes,” 112
Rumsfeld, Donald H., 118, 208–9, 213
Russell, Richard, 13
Ryan, Fred, 139, 149, 156
“Sacred Cow,” xiv, 43–44, 45, 48, 49, 51–52
Sadat, Anwar el-, 11, 12, 125, 126–27
Safire, William, 96
Salmon, Matt, 224
Saturday Night Live (TV), 116
Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr., 66, 70
Schmidt, Helmut, 127
Schwarzenegger, Arnold, 185
Scowcroft, Brent, 37, 102, 120–21, 166–67, 171–72
Secret Service:
code names used by, 62, 209, 227–28
and Ford assassination attempts, 118
as human wall of protection, 18, 22
and Kennedy assassination, 75
numbers of agents used by, 18
relaxation on board, 14, 110, 141
security concerns of, 20–21, 51–52, 118, 119, 149, 174, 192–94, 207, 212
and September 11 attacks, 207, 212, 213
vehicles for, 27, 41
Segni, Antonio, 83
September 11 attacks:
Bush’s response to, 2, 8, 10, 17, 24, 205–15, 219
communications upgrade following, 33
Shell, Vernon “Red,” 64
Shultz, George P., 146, 152, 153, 154
Sidey, Hugh, 71
Simmons, Lee, 109–10
Sinatra, Frank, 72, 137
Skelton, George, 156–57
Skinner, Samuel K., 172–73
Smathers, George, 73
Smith, Hedrick, 15, 18, 155
Sorensen, Theodore C., 66, 67, 68
Sosnik, Doug, 8, 197–98
Soviet Union:
in Afghanistan, 125
and cold war, see cold war
summits in, 2, 25, 108, 154
unraveling of, 136, 154–55, 161
Speakes, Larry, 142, 152, 155
Sperling, Gene, 181, 184, 186
Spirit of ’76, The, 97, 113
Spirit of St. Louis, 43
Stalin, Josef, xiv, 44, 46, 68
Starr, Kenneth, 177
Star Wars defense (SDI), 151–52
Stephanopoulos, George, 180–81, 186–87
Stevenson, Adlai E., 51
Stoughton, Cecil, 74
Sununu, John, 170–71
Supreme Court, U.S., 214
Taft, Robert A., 51
Teeter, Robert, 172–73
terHorst, J. F., 49, 79
Thatcher, Margaret, 172
Thomason, Harry, 181
Tillman, Mark, 33, 38, 210
Time, 100, 152
Travell, Janet, 69
Truman, Bess, 50–51, 54
Truman, Harry S., 44–53, 78
activities on board, 50–53, 55
and Air Force One as symbol, xv, 44
and atomic bombs, 47–48
background of, 6
entourage of, 46–47
first domestic flight of, 45
first foreign flight of, 46–47
and Independence, 44, 49
personality traits of, xiv, 44, 48
as vice president, 47–48
Truman, Margaret, 51
U-2 spy plane incident, 25
Underwood, Jeffery S., 62–63
United Airlines Flight 93, 207, 209
United Airlines Flight 175, 206
United Nations, 45, 52, 54, 197
United Press International, 84
UPS Flight 6080, near miss with, 23
U.S. News & World Report, 152, 163, 170
Valdez, David, 162
Valenti, Jack, 77, 80, 88, 90–91
Vance, Cyrus R., 131
van der Jagt, Guy, 170
Vienna, Kennedy’s trip to, 68, 69–71
Vietnam War, 72, 79, 83, 90–92, 95, 107, 111, 114
Vinson, Frederick M., 55
Wag the Dog (film), 203
Wall Street Journal, The, 152
Walters, Barbara, 28
“war wagon,” 22
Washington Post, The, 100, 125, 152
Watergate, 95, 96, 99, 103, 105–6, 107, 108, 112, 123, 125
Weinberger, Caspar W., 151
West Wing, The (TV), 1
White House:
Air Force One as, 6, 16, 46–47, 63, 77–78, 85–86, 95, 169, 171, 212, 217
bunker underneath, 208
buzzing, 51–52
evacuation of, 208
as glass house, 4, 15
horseshoe tournament, 162
Navy in charge of, 180
Oval Office in, xv, 16
president’s departure from, 21
staff members traveling, 19, 21, 28
Travel Office, 181
Williams, Colonel, 50
Wilson, Woodrow, 39
Wisconsin, stuck in mud in, 33–34
Wise, Phil, 133
World Trade Center, attacks on, 206, 211
World War II, 41–44, 47, 55, 66
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, 62
Wrightsman, Charles, 72
Yalta, Roosevelt’s trip to, 44, 68
Yarborough, Ralph, 73
Yeltsin, Boris, 181–82
Zhou Enlai, 98
Ziegler, Ron, 109