and had a Columbine flower painted near the nose cone of the aircraft. The callsign "Air Force One" was first used for this aircraft because of a near accident in 1953, when Air Force flight 8610 ...

white and blue color scheme even after engineers determined that the dark blue paint created thermal issues and the Pentagon reverted to a lighter color scheme. The Air Force One project is ...

The design is inefficient, as the dark blue paint could cause thermal issues ... it takes them a long time to do, you know, Air Force One,' Trump said. Originally the new set of converted ...