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{{Short description|Call sign of US Navy aircraft transporting the President of the United States}}
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{{Infobox aircraft
|name                 = Navy One
|image                = Image:Navy One.jpg
|caption              = ''Navy One'' landing on the USS ''Abraham Lincoln'' with President [[George W. Bush]]
|type                 = [[Lockheed S-3 Viking|S-3 Viking]] <!--Type of aircraft-->
|manufacturer         = [[Lockheed Corporation|Lockheed]] <!-- may differ from the main/original manufacturer of this aircraft's type -->
|military_serial      = BuNo 159387 <!-- any military serial numbers carried by this aircraft -->
|preservation         = [[National Naval Aviation Museum]] <!-- where this aircraft is currently preserved (if it is) -->
}}
[[Image:S3navy1krj.JPG|thumb|right|S-3B Viking "Navy One" at the [[National Naval Aviation Museum]].]]

'''Navy One''' is the [[call sign]] of any [[United States Navy]] aircraft carrying the [[president of the United States]].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/ATC/atc0204.html |title = Order 7110.65R (Air Traffic Control) §2-4-20 ¶7 |access-date = 27 August 2007 |date = 14 March 2007 |publisher = Federal Aviation Administration |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091012042224/http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/ATC/atc0204.html |archive-date = 12 October 2009 }}</ref>

There has only been one aircraft designated as Navy One: a [[Lockheed S-3 Viking]], [[BuNo]] ''159387'', assigned to the "Blue Wolves" of [[VS-35 (1990-2005)|VS-35]], which transported President [[George W. Bush]] to the aircraft carrier [[USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)|USS ''Abraham Lincoln'']] off the coast of San Diego, California, on 1 May 2003. The pilot was Commander John "Skip" Lussier, then VS-35's executive officer; and the flight officer was Lieutenant Ryan "Wilson" Phillips.<ref>{{cite interview |first = John |last = Lussier |first2 = Ryan |last2 = Phillips |url = http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0305/02/ltm.15.html |title = President Bush's Pilot |work = American Morning |date = 2 May 2003 |publisher = CNN|interviewer = Carol Costello }}</ref> The S-3 used for the flight was retired from service and placed on display at the [[National Naval Aviation Museum]] in [[Pensacola, Florida]], on 17 July 2003.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.codeonemagazine.com/events/oct_03/oct03_events23.html |title = Navy One Retired |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061024201309/http://www.codeonemagazine.com/events/oct_03/oct03_events23.html |archive-date = 24 October 2006 }}</ref><ref name="Donald">{{cite book |last = Donald |first = David |title = Warplanes of the Fleet |pages = [https://archive.org/details/warplanesoffleet0000unse/page/168 168, 171] |publisher = AIRtime Publishing |year = 2004 |isbn = 1-880588-81-1 |url = https://archive.org/details/warplanesoffleet0000unse/page/168 }}</ref>

When [[President of the United States|President]] [[Donald Trump|Donald J. Trump]] boarded the [[USS George H. W. Bush|USS George H.W. Bush]] pierside at [[Naval Station Norfolk]] on October 5, 2025, he said the ship would "be Navy One, like Air Force One" for the day.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.facebook.com/reel/1343572130500857/ |title=4.3M views {{!}} Reel by Fox News |language=en |access-date=2025-10-18 |via=www.facebook.com}}</ref>

A Navy aircraft carrying the [[Vice President of the United States|vice president]] would be designated '''Navy Two'''.

==See also==
* [[Transportation of the president of the United States]]
* [[2003 Mission Accomplished speech]]

==References==
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{{PresidentialCallsigns}}

[[Category:Presidential aircraft]]
[[Category:United States naval aviation]]
[[Category:Call signs]]
[[Category:Transportation of the president of the United States]]


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