Air Force One VC-25A tail number SAM 28000 presidential aircraft at Birmingham Airport apron with president Bill Clinton on board arriving for the G8 Summit.
President Bill Clinton steps off Air Force One arriving at Birmingham Airport for the G8 Summit
Hilary Clinton arrives for the 1998 G8 Summit at Birmingham Airport
Hilary Clinton arrives for the 1998 G8 Summit at Birmingham Airport
President Clinton at Birmingham's Brindley Place
President Bill Clinton at the Malt Shovel pub in Brindley Place, for the 24th G8 summit. The G8 leaders summit was attended by eight of the world's most powerful heads of government.
At the time they were the richest eight industrialised countries: France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and Russia. The participants were Canada’s Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, France’s President Jacques Chirac, Germany’s Chancellor Helmut Kohl, Italy’s Prime Minister Romano Prodi, Japan’s Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, Russia’s President Boris Yeltsin, United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Tony Blair, and United States President Bill Clinton.
The following aircrafts were at Birmingham Airport C-5B, C-141, VC-25A, VC-137, VH-3D & MH-53's from the United States.
The mission of the VC-25A aircraft -- Air Force One -- is to provide air transport for the president of the United States. The presidential air transport fleet consists of two specially configured Boeing 747-200B's -- tail numbers SAM 28000 and 29000 -- with the Air Force designation VC-25A
