One Man’s Quest to Restore the First-Ever Air Force One

Photo caption: Karl Stoltzfus decided to track down Eisenhower’s original Air Force One after happening upon a local news story about the neglected aircraft on a layover at Tucson International Airport. Staff Sgt. Photo credit: Andrew Lee / 001 Images / Alamy. Article by Eric J. Wallace. Atlas Obscura – August 1, 2024

It was 1953 and U.S. President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower sat at a big mahogany desk working on a plan to end the Korean War. A small team of elite Washington staffers lounged nearby on mid-century leather sofas or in custom bucket chairs, smoking over hand-carved wood tables. […]

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