Directed by well-known action director Wolfgang Petersen ("The Perfect Storm", "Troy", "Outbreak", "Das Boot"), Air Force One is a movie about the US president's airplane. This movie came out in 1997 and starred Harrison Ford; it won two Academy Awards.
On the way home from Russia, the president's plane is hijacked by Russians posing as reporters. The president pretends to escape in a pod but remains hidden on board.The president was in Russia to outline the USA's new "Zero-tolerance" policy with respect to terrorism. So now his wife and daughter are in danger and the US is not supposed to respond to the terrorists.
Planes are featured in many ways in this movie. Air Force One is the best equipped plane in the world and it is interesting to see it shown. The plane has to refuel midair and the viewer gets to see that process...it looks tricky! A KC-10 refuels AF1. A F-15 escort plane follows Air Force One trying to help out. In the end the president is rescued by a C-130 Hercules on a zip line mid air! Not a maneuver I want to try.
Being a pilot has many career paths. From the military helping out to flying for the President of the United States, this movie showed many of the options available to a pilot.
