was one of 35 detailers selected to preserve the historic Air Force One Special Air Missions (SAM) 970. Jesten Richardson is a reporter and can be reached at jrichardson@hdmediallc.com and found ...

SAM 970 was used by Eisenhower as well as Presidents John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon. In 1962, a newer VC-137C plane replaced it as the primary presidential aircraft ...