CNN The Situation Room June 13, 2014 21:53:00
Icon, the new air force one will fill many roles. >> cleared for takeoff. >> reporter: on the surface the requirements are simple. it must be a wide body, four engine commercial aircraft, but then things get complicated. >> i think the biggest misconception about air force one is the idea that it's some sort of a plush comfortable luxury jet that only is used for executive travel, when in fact, it has a military mission. it is a flying headquarters for the commander in chief. >> reporter: will it have an escape pod like in the movie "air force one"? no. that is fiction. but it does have defens...
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