The first Air Force One is wasting away in the Arizona desert. Shouldn't this piece of American history have been preserved?

Let's get this discussion rolling again. It appears to have slipped through the cracks garnering only 5 likes since May 2015. I remember watching President Eisenhower on B&W TV as he arrived at some event early in the 1950s and remarked to my father at the precision of that the pilot exhibited as he taxied to the terminal with the nose wheel never leaving the lines on the taxiway. I supposed that may not be remarkable, but I was impressed since I didn't know better. It is a beautiful airplane and deserves restoration and display as much as any.

I didn't know about this. I hope some of the many presidential memorabilia organizations get together and pull this beauty into a hangar for a complete refurb!

Unbelievable that it's just broiling in Arizona. If it was a some stupid endangered Arizona grasshopper or something, they'd find a way to spend a bazillion dollars on saving it, and we can't spend the money to save this?

We truly live in Bizzaro World.