What's "Bright Star"?

I saw this photo on the White House's Flickr, with the following caption:

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First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden, seated far left, meet with staff aboard Bright Star during a flight from New River Marine Corps Air Station in North Carolina to Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, April 13, 2011. The trip was to launch Joining Forces, a national initiative to support and honor America's service members and their families. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)

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I've never heard of "Bright Star" before; is it some sort of special aircraft like the E-4B Nigh****ch ships? Or is it the usual callsign for FLOTUS's plane? (Though, to my understanding, that would be "Air Force One Foxtrot.") The safety card visible in that shot says it's a C-40C, which I believe FLOTUS (and occasionally VPOTUS) generally uses.

Anyone know for sure?

From what I've seen, it's an internal code name for the First Lady's aircraft, not the ATC call sign - that would be Executive 1 Foxtrot.

[QUOTE=Vidiot;447027] E-4B Nigh****ch ships? /QUOTE]

Huh? :confused:

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Originally Posted by Gerard

Huh? :confused:

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The E-4B are called Night Watch, and apparently the bulletin board software flags what it thinks is an obscenity when it's spelled out as one word...

Thanks, Moose -- I'm surprised that it would be "Executive One Foxtrot" and not AF1F if it's operated by the Air Force and not a civilian aircraft.

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Originally Posted by Vidiot

The E-4B are called Night Watch, and apparently the bulletin board software flags what it thinks is an obscenity when it's spelled out as one word...

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LOL trying to figure out what obscenity it could be. The software must have a dirty mind!! :biggrin: