Air Force Two
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Air Force Two is the air traffic control call sign held by any United States Air Force aircraft carrying the U.S. Vice President, but not the President.[1][2] The term is often associated with the Boeing C-32, a modified 757 which is most commonly used as the Vice President's transport. Other 89th Airlift Wing aircraft, such as the Boeing C-40 Clipper, C-20B, C-37A, and C-37B have served in this role as well.[citation needed] The VC-25A, the aircraft most often used by the President as Air Force One, has also been used by the vice president as Air Force Two.[3][4]
Although the U.S. Marine Corps carries the primary mission for helicopter support of both the president (Marine One) and vice president (Marine Two), UH-1N Twin Huey helicopters from the Air Force's 1st Helicopter Squadron are also used to support the Vice President in the Washington, D.C. area under the call sign Air Force Two.[citation needed]
The Boeing C-32 aircraft, under the call sign Air Force One, has been used to transport the president when smaller airports can't handle the 747-derived VC-25s, as happened in Aberdeen, South Dakota, in October 2002, Worcester, Massachusetts on 10 June 2014 and Watertown, South Dakota, on 8 May 2015.[5]
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Callsigns of aircraft carrying the President and Vice President of the United States
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