Before there was a MARINE ONE…
There was …
ARMY ONE
The US Army transported the President of the United States from/to the White House when he needed to go to either Andrews AFB, Camp David or maybe even the Pentagon. This is evidenced in photographs taken in August of 1962 shown below:
President John F. Kennedy, his wife Jacqueline and son John Jr. preparing to board helicopter ARMY ONE for a vacation.
And it was the US Army that provided the foundation of military aviation in the United States… there was a commemoration of the 100 years of military aviation held at Ft Myer VA in SEP 2008 marking the Wright Flyer’s first flights on Summerall Field.
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Tags: ARMY ONE, Camp David, Fort Myer, John F. Kennedy, Pentagon, US Army, US Marines, White House
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my grandpa did that job for Kenedy..
It’s amazing to find out how much the ARMY does for the country but few people know it.