Instead of flying home to Georgia last weekend aboard the usual Air Force One, Jimmy Carter and his family went via one of the world's most sophisticated aircraft: one of the three "Doomsday" jets that are constantly on alert at heavily guarded Andrews Air Force Base near Washington. Were a nuclear war to break out, Carter would be whisked aboard one of the jets or sped via helicopter to any of several underground, nuclear-insulated command centers.
Why did Jimmy take the trip? "If we ever have an emergency," he explained, "I just want to make sure that the transition is...
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