![The first aircraft to carry the call sign "Air Force One," a Lockheed Constellation which flew President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1954, returned to flight on March 19, taking off The first aircraft to carry the call sign "Air Force One," a Lockheed Constellation which flew President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1954, returned to flight on March 19, taking off](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/HE1WFN/the-first-aircraft-to-carry-the-call-sign-air-force-one-a-lockheed-HE1WFN.jpg)
The first aircraft to carry the call sign "Air Force One," a Lockheed Constellation which flew President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1954, returned to flight on March 19, taking off
![The Columbine II was the first aircraft to have the call sign "Air Force One," flying President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1954. The Lockheed Constellation is currently stored at Dynamic The Columbine II was the first aircraft to have the call sign "Air Force One," flying President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1954. The Lockheed Constellation is currently stored at Dynamic](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/M3T5D2/the-columbine-ii-was-the-first-aircraft-to-have-the-call-sign-air-M3T5D2.jpg)
The Columbine II was the first aircraft to have the call sign "Air Force One," flying President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1954. The Lockheed Constellation is currently stored at Dynamic
![Inside the original Air Force One, which has been left in the Arizona desert sun | Daily Mail Online Inside the original Air Force One, which has been left in the Arizona desert sun | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/scaled/2015/02/17/25C4552900000578-0-image-a-28_1424185352255.jpg)
Inside the original Air Force One, which has been left in the Arizona desert sun | Daily Mail Online
![Eisenhower's Constellation, the original Air Force One. - Picture of National Museum of the US Air Force, Dayton - Tripadvisor Eisenhower's Constellation, the original Air Force One. - Picture of National Museum of the US Air Force, Dayton - Tripadvisor](https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/11/76/cc/39/eisenhower-s-constellation.jpg)