Executive One is the call sign designated for any United States civil aircraft when the President of the United States is on board. The call sign Executive One Foxtrot is used for the First Family. Likewise, Executive Two and Executive Two Foxtrot are used for the Vice-President and Second Family.
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Famous quotes containing the word executive:
“Testimony of all ages forces us to admit that war is among the most dangerous enemies to liberty, and that the executive is the branch most favored by it of all the branches of Power.”
—James Madison (1751–1836)
“... the wife of an executive would be a better wife had she been a secretary first. As a secretary, you learn to adjust to the boss’s moods. Many marriages would be happier if the wife would do that.”
—Anne Bogan, U.S. executive secretary. As quoted in Working, book 1, by Studs Terkel (1973)