Boeing It wasn’t until the Kennedy administration that the 707 received a blue and white paint job similar to what the current craft has. That’s also when the term “Air Force One” was born.

CATALOGING AIR FORCE ONE Boeing is disassembling the 707 that flew for 28 years as Air Force One in preparation to ship it to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif.

Museum Historian Dr. Jeff Underwood says the original Air Force One was President Kennedy's aircraft and first took to the skies in 1962. The Boeing 707 served several presidents. "Most people ...