President Dwight D. Eisenhower
- President Eisenhower visited the Korean War zone as president elect in 1952. For the first 6 years of his presidency he only traveled within North America with the exception of two summit meetings in Geneva and Paris.
- In 1958, the Air Force added three Boeing 707 jets (designated SAM 970, 971, and 972), 707-153 models, into the presidential fleet. Starting in the summer of 1959 he made 5 major tours in one year to Europe, Southeast Asia, South America, Middle East, and Southern Asia. On his "Flight to Peace" Goodwill tour, from 3 December through 22 December 1959, the President visited 11 nations including 5 in Asia, flying 22,000 miles in 19 days.
- In his final overseas trip, Ike returned to Korea, and made the first presidential visit to Southeast Asia by stopping in Manila, and Taiwan.
- By the end of his 8 year term, Ike had visited 26 countries.
| # | Start | End | Country | Cities | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2-Dec-1952 | 5-Dec-1952 | Korea | Seoul | Visit to Korean combat zone. |
| 2 | 19-Oct-1953 | 19-Oct-1953 | Mexico | Nuevo Guerrero | Dedicated Falcon Dam. |
| 3 | 13-Nov-1953 | 15-Nov-1953 | Canada | Ottawa | State visit; met with Governor General Vincent Massey and addressed joint session of parliament. |
| 4 | 4-Dec-1953 | 8-Dec-1953 | United Kingdom | Bermuda | Attended Bermuda Conference with Prime Minister Winston Churchill and French Prime Minister Joseph Laniel. |
| 5 | 16-Jul-1955 | 23-Jul-1955 | Switzerland | Geneva | Summit conference with British Prime Minister Anthony Eden, French Premier Edgar Faure, and Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin. |
| 6 | 21-Jul-1956 | 23-Jul-1956 | Panama | Panama City | Attended a meeting of the Presidents of the American Republics. |
| 7 | 20-Mar-1957 | 24-Mar-1957 | United Kingdom | Bermuda | Met with Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. |
| 8 | 14-Dec-1957 | 19-Dec-1957 | France | Paris | Attended meeting of NATO Heads of Government. |
| 9 | 8-Jul-1958 | 11-Jul-1958 | Canada | Ottawa | Informal visit; addressed joint session of parliament. |
| 10 | 19-Feb-1959 | 20-Feb-1959 | Mexico | Acapulco | Informal meeting with President Adolfo López Mateos. |
| 11 | 26-Jun-1959 | 26-Jun-1959 | Canada | Montreal | Joined Queen Elizabeth II in ceremony opening St. Lawrence Seaway. |
| 12 | 26-Aug-1959 | 27-Aug-1959 | Federal Republic of Germany | Bonn | Informal meeting with Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and President Theodor Heuss. |
| 13 | 27-Aug-1959 | 2-Sep-1959 | United Kingdom | London, Balmoral, Chequers | Informal visit; met Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and Queen Elizabeth II. |
| 14 | 2-Sep-1959 | 4-Sep-1959 | France | Paris | Informal meeting with President Charles de Gaulle and Italian Premier Antonio Segni. Addressed North Atlantic Council. |
| 15 | 4-Sep-1959 | 7-Sep-1959 | United Kingdom | Culzean Castle | Rested before returning to the United States. |
| 16 | 4-Dec-1959 | 6-Dec-1959 | Italy | Rome | Informal visit; met with President Giovanni Gronchi. |
| 17 | 6-Dec-1959 | 6-Dec-1959 | Vatican City | Audience with Pope John XXIII. | |
| 18 | 6-Dec-1959 | 7-Dec-1959 | Turkey | Ankara | Informal visit; met with President Celâl Bayar. |
| 19 | 7-Dec-1959 | 9-Dec-1959 | Pakistan | Karachi | Informal visit; met with President Ayub Khan. |
| 20 | 9-Dec-1959 | 9-Dec-1959 | Afghanistan | Kabul | Informal visit; met with King Mohammed Zahir Shah. |
| 21 | 9-Dec-1959 | 14-Dec-1959 | India | New Delhi, Agra | Met with President Rajendra Prasad and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Addressed Parliament. |
| 22 | 14-Dec-1959 | 14-Dec-1959 | Iran | Tehran | Met with Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and addressed Parliament. |
| 23 | 14-Dec-1959 | 15-Dec-1959 | Greece | Athens | Official visit; met with King Paul, Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis, and addressed Parliament. Traveled by sea from Athens to Tunis. |
| 24 | 17-Dec-1959 | 17-Dec-1959 | Tunisia | Tunis | Met with President Habib Bourguiba. |
| 25 | 18-Dec-1959 | 21-Dec-1959 | France | Toulon, Paris | Conference with President Charles de Gaulle, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, and German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. |
| 26 | 21-Dec-1959 | 22-Dec-1959 | Spain | Madrid | Met with Generalissimo Francisco Franco. |
| 27 | 22-Dec-1959 | 22-Dec-1959 | Morocco | Casablanca | Met with King Mohammed V. |
| 28 | 23-Feb-1960 | 26-Feb-1960 | Brazil | Brasília, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo | Met with President Juscelino Kubitschek and addressed Brazilian Congress. |
| 29 | 26-Feb-1960 | 29-Feb-1960 | Argentina | Buenos Aires, Mardelplata, San Carlos de, Bariloche | Met with President Arturo Frondizi. |
| 30 | 29-Feb-1960 | 2-Mar-1960 | Chile | Santiago | Met with President Jorge Alessandri. |
| 31 | 2-Mar-1960 | 3-Mar-1960 | Uruguay | Montevideo | Met with President Benito Nardone. Returned to the U.S. via Buenos Aires and Suriname. |
| 32 | 15-May-1960 | 19-May-1960 | France | Paris | Conference with President Charles de Gaulle, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. |
| 33 | 19-May-1960 | 20-May-1960 | Portugal | Lisbon | Official visit; met with President Américo Tomás. |
| 34 | 14-Jun-1960 | 16-Jun-1960 | Philippines | Manila | State visit; met with President Carlos P. Garcia. Traveled by sea from Manila to Taipei. |
| 35 | 18-Jun-1960 | 19-Jun-1960 | Republic of China | Taipei | Met with President Chiang Kai-shek |
| 36 | 19-Jun-1960 | 20-Jun-1960 | Korea | Seoul | Met with Prime Minister Heo Jeong and addressed the National Assembly. |
| 37 | 24-Oct-1960 | 24-Oct-1960 | Mexico | Ciudad Acuna | Informal visit; met with President Adolfo López Mateos. |
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