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The aircraft's two galleys can provide up to 100 meals at a time. The decision to procure the VC-25 was made during the Presidency of Ronald Reagan. The first VC-25A, tail number 28000, flew as Air Force One for the first time on September 6, 1990 and transported President George H.W. Bush. A second VC-25A, tail number 29000, transported Presidents Clinton, Carter and Bush to Israel to attend the funeral of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995.
It was never used as Air Force One. It was designated as a VC-121B. Thus, the air force had a B model before it had an A model. The A tail numbers: 48-609 -- 617. In 1950 they were sent back to Lockheed to be upgraded to VC-121As to haul VIPs. VC-121B-- Air Force had one B model 48-608 RC-121C--The U. S. Air Force had 10 RC-121Cs with Air Force serial numbers 51-3836 -- 3845.