President Johnson's naked press conference and 5 historic events from the first Air Force One

On a hot, sunny day in 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson had just delivered a stump speech during his campaign for the presidency. According to white House reporter Frank Cormier's book 'LBJ: the Way He Was,' once on board Air Force One, the President started taking questions about the economy from the press. In the middle of the Q&A session, Johnson took off his pants and shirt, then 'shucked off his underwear' standing buck naked and waving his towel for emphasis' as he continued talking.The US Air Force 707 code namedSpecial Air Mission (SAM) 26000, referred to as Air Force One while the President is on board, has a long and storied history.SEE ALSO:Photos of American troops smoking and drinking at Hitler's private residence after World War IIPresident Johnson was first sworn in as President of the United Stateson it.After President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas in 1963, Johnson was sworn in aboard SAM 26000 byU.S. District Judge Sarah T. Hughes, the only woman to swear in the President of the United States.President Kennedy's body was returned to Washington from Dallas on boardYoutube Embed:http://www.youtube.com/embed/P5_TuadQM5AWidth: 840pxHeight: 630pxKennedys body was ferried back to the nations capital with his widow, Jacqueline Kennedy, accompanying him. A portion of the planes wall had to be torn down to make room for the casket. The same plane performed a high-speed flyover overKennedys funeral at Arlington National Cemetery.Air Force One flew President Nixon on his historic trip to ChinaIn 1972, President Richard Nixon made a visit to Communist China, the first for a U.S. President, opening official diplomatic relations between the U.S. and China for the first time since the Nationalist regime fled to Taiwan in 1949. The division between Soviet and Chinese Communism combined with a thaw in U.S-China relations led to arms treaties with the Soviet Union.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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