At Dallas Love Field, a plaque embedded in the tarmac marks the historic spot where Lyndon B. Johnson took the oath of office as the 36th President of the United States.
Air Force One has evolved significantly over the years, as avionics and flight technology has improved and innovated across multiple presidencies.
To put the price in perspective, Walsh notes that the average cost to operate Air Force One in the 1950s was roughly $348 per hour. That shot up to around $1,995 per hour during Lyndon Johnson’s ...
After Kennedy's assassination in 1963, President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in on Air Force One. It marked the first and only time a presidential swearing-in ceremony took place on an airplane.
A little more than two hours later Lyndon Johnson recited the presidential oath of office aboard Air Force One. Johnson had arrived at the pinnacle of his political career under the worst possible ...
President Lyndon B. Johnson barked into the two-way radio: "One to Mike, One to Mike!" Secret Service Agent Mike Howard, riding behind the President's aqua vehicle in a more sedate station wagon ...
Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson assumed the presidency after the assassination of President John Kennedy in November 1963. Johnson declared a “war on poverty” in his 1964 election campaign, ...
"A Great Society" for the American people and their fellow men elsewhere was the vision of Lyndon B. Johnson. In his first years of office he obtained passage of one of the most extensive legislative ...