so about that extension number...i'd like to say a few things to Bush, or atleast leave him a voicemail lol j/k I don't want the FBI or Secret Service on my a**

Hey, pop quiz:

WITHOUT looking online, or anywhere else, who can tell me:

1. How many AF1s are there?

2. What is the designation of the AF1(s) when POTUS isn't aboard?

there are 2 presidential 747s. I know that when nixon was in office the 707 was MAC 27000 but I doubt thats what the current ones are.

Wow, good answer. It was a trick question, and yet you got it right...lol Any plane the POTUS is on is AF1, but there are two presidential 747s. I was hoping to trip someone up with that... lol

What does MAC stand for? Because I may have worded that last question poorly...or may have been misinformed myself. I know the ANSWER I was looking for, but I may or may not have asked the correct question for it. lol

I was wrong, it was SAM 27000. Not sure where I got "MAC" from, but SAM means Special Air Mission. That the tail number of the plane. When the President wasnt on board its call sign would be its tail number. Or at least thats the way it happened when nixon was officially out of office yet onboard AF1.


Actually any aircraft that has POTUS on board is referred to by the branch of the military and then "One" (Air Force 1, Army 1, Marine 1, Navy 1, Coast Gaurd 1)

Then yes, I had asked the right question, and it hasn't changed much since Nixon. It's 28000 and 29000 for the two today.