Boeing C-32

what is it?

The Boeing C-32 is the United States Air Force designation for variants of the Boeing 757 in military service. Two variants exist, filling different parts of the military passenger transport role. The C-32A serves the Special Air Mission, providing executive transport and broad communications capabilities to senior political officials, while the C-32B Gatekeeper provides clandestine airlift to special operations and global emergency response efforts, a role known as "covered air." The primary users of the C-32A are the vice president of the United States (using the call sign "Air Force Two" when aboard), the first lady, and the secretary of state.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 jet engines · 38.1 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 974 km/htop speed
• range 10,464 kmwithout refuelling
• size 116.1 tmax take-off weight
• built 32made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🏎️Top speed is 7.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 38.1 m: about 8 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 19 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 🌍Range of 10,464 km: Amsterdam to New York (≈5,850 km) without stopping.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.4× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.

spec sheet

first flight

—

introduced

1998

status

still flying

number built

32

role

vip transport, special operations

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Boeing

engines

2× Pratt & Whitney PW2000-40 / Pratt & Whitney PW2000 / Rolls-Royce RB211

crew

2

length

47.3 m

wingspan

38.1 m

height

13.5 m

max take-off weight

116.1 t

top speed

974 km/h

range

10,464 km

ceiling

12,802 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.