History Main / OfficialPresidentialTransport

* ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'': Laura Roslin was aboard a ship called ''Colonial Heavy 798'' when the Cylons attack. When it becomes clear she in the highest-ranking government official still alive, she is sworn in as president and the ship begins identifying itself as ''Colonial One''. The paint job was specifically chosen to resemble Air Force One.

* The film ''Film/AirForceOne'' is mostly set aboard the titular presidential transport, that terrorists hijack to force the release of a captured general.

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* Air Force One is, of course, only the callsign for ''Air Force'' aircraft carrying the President of the United States. There is an entire array of other 'X' One callsigns based on the Air Force One concept and ready to be used, although the only one that sees regular use and has a dedicated airfleet for the task is Marine One (the Marine Corps has handled helicopter transportation for the President since 1976). A ''civilian'' aircraft carrying the President would be Executive One.

Governments usually have their own means of ferrying their officials and personnel around, but there are often specially purposed or designed craft meant specifically for carrying the government's chief executive (president, prime minister, monarch, etc.). These craft will have many features intended to keep their special passenger safe and secure. Often they will also have functions that enable it to serve as a mobile [[WarRoom command center]]. Should their capital and military command centers be destroyed, the government will still have its leader and a means for him to take command.

* Air Force One is, of course, only the callsign for ''Air Force'' aircraft carrying the President of the United States. There is an entire array of other 'X' One callsigns based on the Air Force One concept and ready to be used, although the only one that sees regular use and has a dedicated airfleet for the task is Marine One (the Marine Corps has handled helicopter transportation for the President since 1976).

* The British royal family used to have a royal yacht called ''Britannia'', which was retired in 1997 and is now a museum ship in Edinburgh - there have been frequent calls to create a new one. Her Majesty also has the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Royal_Train Royal Train]].

* ''Literature/HonorHarrington'': The royal yachts are the official ships of the Manticoran monarch, though the term yacht is a bit of a misnomer, as the most recent is a full warship, the battlecruiser HMS ''Duke of Cromarty''.

* The modern Russian president's plane is called "Bort #1" (which is a direct imitation of Air Force One, rather than using the native letter-using tradition).

* ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'': Laura Roslin was aboard a ship called ''Colonial Heavy 798'' when the Cylons attack. When it becomes clear she in the highest-ranking government official, she is sworn in as president and the ship begins identifying itself as ''Colonial One''. The paint job was specifically chosen to resemble Air Force One.

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* ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'': The Klingon battlecruiser that carries Chancellor Gorkon to the rendezvous with the ''Enterprise'' is ''Kronos One'', Kronos being the name of the Klingon homeworld.

UsefulNotes/AirForceOne is the most recognizable such craft in RealLife, and so it unsurprisingly spawns a number of fictional imitators, usually by identifying it with the military or government name and ending with the designation "One", which will indicate the head-of-state. At times the connection will be taken even further by having a blue and white color scheme.

* The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popemobile Popemobile]], a specially modified vehicle for transporting ThePope when he makes public appearances. The Pope sits in an elevated area, sometimes covered by bullet-proof glass, where those who come can easily see him.

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* Even in real life Air Force One has its imitators, the most obvious being the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Air_Force_One Japanese Air Force One]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_Air_Force_One Brazilian Air Force One]].
* In the Soviet Union a train rather than a plane was usually used to transport General Secretaries such as Stalin, Khruschev and Brezhnev, which was called "Literny A" (Letter Train A) ("letter trains", as opposed to numbered ones, in general were supposed for transporting dignitaries). The same pattern, nevertheless, applies: the first letter signifies the head of state, not just any dignitary.

* Air Force One is of course only the callsign for ''Air Force'' aircraft carrying the President of the United States. There is an entire array of other 'X' One callsigns based on the Air Force One concept and ready to be used, although the only one that sees regular use and has a dedicated airfleet for the task is Marine One (the Marine Corps has handled helicopter transportation for the President since 1976).

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* ''Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined'': Laura Roslin was aboard a ship called ''Colonial Heavy 798'' when the Cylons attack. When it becomes clear she in the highest-ranking government official, she is sworn in as president and the ship begins identifying itself as ''Colonial One''. The paint job was specifically chosen to resemble Air Force One.

* ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'': The unnamed royal cruiser that Queen Amidala uses to escape [[RunningTheBlockade past the Trade Federation's blockade]], which comes complete with a throne room for her.
* In ''Film/DuckSoup'' "His Excellency's Car" is a motorcycle with a sidecar. Twice the motorcycle takes off without the sidecar, which has President Firefly. The third time the President gets on the motorcycle and has his driver get in the sidecar, which then drives off without the motorcycle.
* The film ''Film/AirForceOne'' is mostly set aboard the titular presidential transport, that terrorists hijack to force the release of a captured general.

* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'': The Hapan Queen Mothers travel aboard a 4000-year-old starship called ''Star Home'', which is essentially a flying castle designed to show off Hapan splendor wherever it goes, though it hadn't been seen outside the Hapes Cluster for nearly 2000 years before its introduction in the New Republic era.
* ''Literature/HonorHarrington'': The royal yachts are the official ships of the Manticoran monarch, though the term yacht is a bit of a misnomer, as the most recent is a full warship, the battlecruiser HMS ''Duke of Cromarty''.
* ''Literature/CiaphasCain'': In ''Traitor's Gambit'', the Planetary Governor of Deepwater travels in his official space yacht, the ''Wavecrest''.
* ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'': During the Golden Age of the Narnian kingdom, under High King Peter, the rulers would travel aboard a galleon carved to resemble a giant swan, named the ''Splendor Hyaline''.
* The ''Literature/JackRyan'' series occasionally has scenes set aboard the real Air Force One. Being a techno-thriller series, Creator/TomClancy goes into more technical detail than most depictions of the aircraft.

* ''Series/BabylonFive'':
** The Minbari Grey Council travels aboard a special warcruiser called the ''Valen'Tha'', which is also where they have their meetings.
** In ''The Lost Tales'' Sheridan is seen aboard a ship called the ''Valen'' as he is making an official visit to Babylon 5.
** The Centauri emperor travels to Babylon 5 aboard a ship they call the royal liner. Similar ships are seen later which are identified as battlecruisers, but this one seems distinct from them for the emperor's use.
* ''Series/AirCrashInvestigation'': "Death of the President" deals with the crash of the Tu-154 carrying the president of Poland, as well as a former president and several other officials.

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* Classic ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}'' adventure Double Adventure 6 ''Divine Intervention''. The ruler of the planet Pavabid travels around in a giant palace supported by ArtificialGravity antigrav modules.

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* ''VideoGame/TIEFighter'': One mission involves intercepting Zaarin's forces as they attempt to destroy the Emperor's personal liner, the ''Excalibur'', as he's travelling to the second Death Star.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'': President Deling travels to make his speech in Timber in a private and heavily secured railcar, which is intercepted by the Timber Owls in an effort to capture him. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, it actually contained a decoy which was actually a monster.]]

* Before the Air Force One callsign was created, there were several aircraft used to transport the US president. President Franklin D. Roosevelt used the first dedicated presidential aircraft, first a C-87 named ''Guess Where II'', and later a C-54 Skymaster called the ''Sacred Cow'', which was modified to lift him inside, wheelchair and all, without him having to get up.
* The ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Magellan_%28railcar%29 Ferdinand Magellan]]'', also known as US Railcar No. 1. A specially modified armored observation car that served US presidents before air travel became the main means. It was also the car used in Truman's famous whistlestop campaign tour.
* The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popemobile Popemobile]], a specially modified vehicle for transporting ThePope when he makes public appearances. The Pope sits in an elevated area, sometimes covered by bullet-proof glass, where those who come can easily see him.

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* ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'': The Klingon battlecruiser that carries Chancellor Gorkon to the rendezvous with the ''Enterprise'' is ''Kronos One'', Kronos being the name of the Klingon homeworld.

* ''Literature/HonorHarrington'':
** ''Haven One'' was a Havenite warship carrying the president, and appears to be a call sign.
** The Protector of Grayson's personal yacht was the GNS ''Grayson One''.

* ''Series/BabylonFive'': The Earth Alliance president travels aboard ''Earth Force One'', a specially modified space liner, with a blue paint job and the Earth seal on the front. [[spoiler: It is destroyed at the end of the first season, killing President Santiago. His successor, President Clark, is sworn in aboard a ship called ''Earth Force Two'' in a scene based on the inauguration of Lyndon B. Johnson.]]
* ''Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined'': Laura Roslin was aboard a ship called ''Colonial Heavy 798'' when the Cylons attack. When it becomes clear she in the highest-ranking government official, she is sworn in as president and the ship begins identifying itself as ''Colonial One''. The paint job was specifically chosen to resemble Air Force One.

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* In ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', the [[TheFederation New California Republic]]'s president uses a vertibird named Bear Force One.

* Even in real life Air Force One has its imitators, the most obvious being the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Air_Force_One Japanese Air Force One]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_Air_Force_One Brazilian Air Force One]].
* In the Soviet Union a train rather than a plane was usually used to transport General Secretaries such as Stalin, Khruschev and Brezhnev, which was called "Literny A" (Letter Train A) ("letter trains", as opposed to numbered ones, in general were supposed for transporting dignitaries). The same pattern, nevertheless, applies: the first letter signifies the head of state, not just any dignitary.
* The modern Russian president's plane is called "Bort #1" (which is a direct imitation of Air Force One, rather than using the native letter-using tradition).
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_India_One Air India One]] is used by the Indian government to fly the president or prime minister.

** The President of the Earth Alliance has a fairly classic example, in the form of a specialized civilian transport known as Earth Force One (presently the trope image).