I'm not sure why people can't get this straight. ANY government/military plane that a President is on becomes Air Force 1. ANY government/military helicopter that a President is on becomes Marine 1. The type of plane/helicopter does not matter. If a President flies on a commercial plane for some reason, that plane becomes Executive 1. While the 747 is routinely called AF1, that's only shorthand since Presidents usually fly that when traveling a good distance to an airport that can handle it. If not, then they fly the 757 that Biden took yesterday. Andrews AFB to Willmington DE is only about 114 miles and the airport there can't handle the 747, so he took the smaller plane.
Trump used the 757 many times as well if the trip called for it. Does that mean that he really wasn't the President? No, of course not.
And to say that they won't let Biden use the 747 is silly. What excuse will be made when he does use it?
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