Remarks: On display at the Air Mobility Command Museum at Dover AFB, Delaware, this VC-9C, serial number 73-1682, transported America's top leadership from 1975 to 2011. Much of that time it served as Air Force Two for Vice Presidents Walter Mondale, George H.W. Bush, Dan Quayle, Al Gore, and Dick Cheney.
It also served several of America's First Ladies - Rosalynn Carter, Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush, Hillary R. Clinton, Laura Bush, and Michelle Obama.
When this aircraft was needed to transport presidents into smaller airports - Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush - it served as Air Force One.
It also transported visiting world leaders such as Queen Elizabeth II, and the Chief of Staff of the People's Republic of China.
This VC-9C has extended range fuel tanks and was also the first to have a special communications suite installed for the vice president. From 1975 until 2005 it was assigned to the 89th Airlift Wing at Andrews AFB, Maryland. From 2005 until 2011 it was assigned to the 932nd Airlift Wing at Scott AFB, Illinois. Although 37 years old when retired, it only had a total of 16,300 flying hours, not much by airlift standards.
Remarks: Looking down at Tucson and Davis Montham Air Base. This USAF VC-9 will be retired at the end of the year and will most likley find a home here in the desert.
