DURING THE JOHN F. KENNEDY ADMINISTRATION IN 1962, Boeing delivered the first of two customized Boeing 707-353Bs to the United States Air Force. It was officially designated by the Air Force as a VC-137C and given the call sign SAM 26000. (SAM is the acronym for Special Air Mission, and 26000 was the airplane's tail number.) VIDEO EXTRA BY BARRY SCHIFF P H O TO G R A P H Y B Y M I K E F I Z E R AFFECTING THE COURSE OF Watch Air Force 1 in its hangar. HISTORY How SAM 27000-Air Force One-landed on a California mountaintop www.aopa.org/pilot AOPA PILOT | 71http://www.aopa.org/pilot