These Are The Systems that Protect Air Force One From Heat-Seeking Missiles
Oct 23 2018
By David Cenciotti
Let’s Have A Look At The Presidential Plane’s Anti-Missile Countermeasures.
“Air Force One†is the radio callsign for any Air Force aircraft with POTUS (President of the US) aboard. During the years the term has been used to refer to the two VC-25As, heavily-modified Boeing 747-200s (serial numbers 82-8000 and 92-9000) that have carried the president all around the world since 1990.
Recently, the Presidential VC-25 paid a visit to Phoenix Sky Harbor airport. Our reader Thomas Backus snapped a few shots of the aircraft on October 20, 2018, photos that can be useful to have a look at the Air Force One’s self-protection systems.
As already explained here at The Aviationist in the past, along with the internal design, meeting rooms and wide array of communication systems, what makes the Air Force One different is the self-protection suite. The VC-25 aircraft is known to be fitted with active electronic counter measures, that are able to jam enemy radar frequencies as well as IRCM (Infrared Counter Measure) systems needed to divert heat seeking Infra Red missiles by disturbing their guidance systems.
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