Japanese Air Force One

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The Japanese Air Force One and Japanese Air Force Two are the radio callsigns of the two Boeing777-300ER aircraft used by the government of Japan for overseas travel by the Emperor, Prime Minister and other high-ranking officials. Each aircraft has a capacity of 140 passengers and can be used for emergency evacuations of Japanese citizens and overseas deployment of Japan Self-Defense Forces personnel. The aircraft are operated by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. The aircraft are officially referred to as Japanese government exclusive aircraft (日本国政府専用機, Nippon-koku seifu sen'yōki). They have the radio callsigns Japanese Air Force One and Japanese Air Force Two, prefixed as JF e.g JF001, when operating on official business, and Cygnus One and Cygnus Two, prefixed as CYGNS e.g. CYGNS11, when operating outside of official business (e.g., on training flights). As of 1 April 2026, the callsign "JPNG", vocalised as "Jyapang" to emphasise pronunciation as "Japan", replaced "CYGNS", spoken as...

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