Air Force Airlines: How Top U.S. Officials Fly (VIDEO)

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Cramped seating, dubious food, sometimes standoffish flight attendants -- such is the experience typical Americans have come to expect while flying. But, that's not the case if your name is, say, Joe Biden or Hilary Clinton. There's an exclusive airline for that.

That's where the Air Force comes in, with its own fleet of aircraft to get top officials from point A to B in style. There are no economy class seats or plastic cutlery here. Rather, the VPOTUS can get his work done in a professional office, take a nap in a pull-out couch and dine on a restaurant-quality meal -- preparation of which is overseen, of course, by a French-trained, professional chef to the stars.

Oh, and those flight attendants, they're from a special Air Force division and are specifically trained for these transport missions.

Watch the video above for an inside look at what it takes to get these VIP guests up in the air, and just how much more fabulous their rides are.

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Tech Sgt. Bret Baker, left, instructs a group of flight attendants in training aboard a 757 or C32 at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. Baker is a military flight attendant, part of a team serving America's top government officials, their staffs, guests and reporters aboard 19 planes flown by the 89th Airlift Wing out of Joint Base Andrews near Washington. Their customers include the president, vice president, first lady, secretary of state, secretary of defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff. As attendants on Air Force One and other VIP planes flying as many as 1,000 missions a year, they perform all the safety and comfort functions of their commercial airline counterparts and more.(AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)
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Tech Sgt. Crystal Harshbarger practices giving orders for an emergency landing as instructor Air Force Flight Attendant Tech Sgt. Bret Baker, right, listens, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)
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Executive Chef Melissa Bigelow, center, gives tips to Master Sgt. Kevin Gallagher, right, and Master Sgt. Beth Poole, left, during Air Force flight attendant training at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. The food choices have grown more sophisticated since 2008, when the Air Force added advanced culinary classes to the flight-attendant training regimen. During a quarterly training session last week, six attendants in olive-green flight suits butterflied chicken breasts and chopped asparagus under the eyes of Bigelow, a Los Angeles-based "chef to the stars" who has cooked for Tom Cruise and Simon Cowell. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt) (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)
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Master Sgt. Kevin Gallagher, left, and Master Sgt. Beth Poole, right, take part in a meal preparation course for Air Force flight attendants at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)
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Tech Sgt. Crystal Harshbarger looks out through an emergency exit during a emergency landing simulation in Air Force flight attendant training at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)
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Air Force Flight Attendant Tech Sgt. Joel Rose, left, points out safety equipment aboard a 757, or C32, as he trains new flight attendants at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)
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Staff Sgt. Lynn Handle, left, and Tech Sgt. Crystal Harshbarger, right, climb the stairs of a 757, or C32, during Air Force flight attendant training at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)
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Staff Sgt. Connecticut Wilson gestures to passengers during an emergency landing simulation aboard a 757, or C32, in Air Force flight attendant training at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)

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