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Herb Schaltegger writes:
Anyone know what the VC-25A's are being designated when they're carrying
Reagan's body this week? Since they can't be called "Air Force One"
without a sitting President aboard, does anyone know if a special
designation has been made for this circumstance?

THe usual identifier for an Air Force aircraft is CALLSIGN #######,
where teh # are teh serial number of the aircraft.
The 89th MAW's usual callsign is "SAM" as in Special Air Mission,
so the callsign would be "SAM (whatever the serial is)

For example, when Nixon was flying back to California after announcing
his resignation, the callsign changed from "Air Force 1" to
"SAM 27000" somewhere over the Midwest, when the resignation took effect.

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