Air Force One

[Blubaron]

I watched "The Sum of All Fears" last night and was wondering what that hump with an opening on top of Air Force One was?(It wasn't a refueling port) Thought maybe somebody knows a little about Air Force One.(747) Thanks!

 

[skydiverdriver]

I believe it is the refueling port. How do you know it isn't? If it's something secret, you will never find out unless you join the Air Force. Good luck.

 

[braidkid]

Yes, that hump is the refueling port. There is only one other 747 that has it......ABL (Air Borne Laser).

 

[Buffettpilot]

Its not a refueling port, but I'm not going to say what it is on a message board

 

[flyerc90]

Are you talking about the hump below the windscreen on the nose, or a radome on the top of the fuselage?? If it is the radome on the fuselage, it is not Air Force One, it is the E-4B, which is white with a blue stripe down the side. Although, both the E-4 and the VC-25 (Air Force One) have refueling receptacles on the top part of the nose. And true....all that stuff is nice and classified!

 

[Buffettpilot]

My bad, thought you were referring to the other hump (one that does not open at all). Besides, the aircraft in the movie is actually the E-4B NAOC, not the VC-25A aircraft normally associated as Air Force One (but any a/c that president fly's on takes the call sign Air Force One).