Editing Boeing C-32 (section)

===Operational history===
[[File:Boeing C-32A (757-2G4), USA - Air Force AN0781236.jpg|thumb|left|C-32A at airport terminal in 2005]]
The four C-32As are operated by the [[1st Airlift Squadron]] of the [[89th Airlift Wing]]. They are available for use by the vice-president (using call sign [[Air Force Two]]), the first lady, and members of the Cabinet and Congress (using [[Special Air Mission|SAM]] callsigns).<ref name="factsheet2" /> They are also used by the president (using call sign [[Air Force One]]) if the destination is too small to support the larger [[Boeing VC-25|VC-25As]] or when they are unavailable.<ref name="Onward State2" />

The aircraft also occasionally serves as [[Air Force One]] in place of the larger [[Boeing VC-25|VC-25A]] when the president is traveling to domestic destinations that cannot accommodate the larger [[Boeing 747]]-derived presidential plane or if the latter is simply unavailable,<ref name="Onward State2">{{cite web|last1=Choquette|first1=Stefan|title=University Park Airport Ideal Destination for Slimmer Air Force One|url=https://onwardstate.com/2011/02/04/up-airport-ideal-destination-for-slimmer-air-force-one|access-date=5 February 2021|website=Onward State|date=February 4, 2011 }}</ref> or, as in President Joe Biden's February 2023 [[2023 visit by Joe Biden to Ukraine|trip to Ukraine]], to throw off would-be threats.<ref name="AP">{{cite web|last1=Miller|first1=Zeke|title=Sneaking a president from DC to Kyiv without anyone noticing
|url=https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-biden-kyiv-politics-74c9de636c489393c86ad115e5cbcb48 |date=21 February 2023|website=Associated Press}}</ref>

==== Incidents ====
[[File:President Trump Travels to Pennsylvania (50516529056).jpg|thumb|Antennae and fairings fitted atop the C-32A in 2019]]
Several C-32As have suffered non-life-threatening equipment failures during VIP flight operations which lead to aircraft returning to Andrews Air Force Base prematurely. In 2018, [[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]] [[Melania Trump]] and [[United States Secretary of Health and Human Services|Health and Human Services Secretary]] [[Alex Azar]] were aboard a C-32A flying to Philadelphia when smoke filled the cabin shortly after takeoff. Journalists aboard reported being given wet towels to shield their faces from the smoke, and the flight returned to Andrews without further incident.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Bennett|first1=Kate|last2=Cole|first2=Devan|date=October 17, 2018|title=Melania Trump's plane lands safely after 'mechanical issue'|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/17/politics/first-lady-plane-grounded/index.html |access-date=2021-08-07|website=[[CNN]]}}</ref> In 2021, [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Kamala Harris]] was aboard a C-32A en route to [[Guatemala]] when the aircraft was forced to make an emergency return to Andrews over an unspecified equipment failure which delayed the trip but left all passengers and crew unharmed.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|last=Pawlyk|first=Oriana|date=2021-06-08|title=Vice President's Plane Malfunction Casts Light on Air Force C-32 Woes|url=https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/06/08/vice-presidents-plane-malfunction-casts-light-air-force-c-32-woes.html |access-date=2021-08-07|website=[[Military.com]]|language=en}}</ref>