U.S. President George W. Bush flew as a passenger in an S-3B Viking aircraft, using the call sign "Navy One," to land on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln on May 1, 2003
On May 1, 2003, Bush became the first sitting president to arrive in an?arrested landing?in a fixed-wing aircraft on an aircraft carrier[5][6]?when he arrived at the?USS?Abraham Lincoln?in a?Lockheed?S-3 Viking, dubbed?Navy One, as the carrier lay just off the San Diego coast, having returned from combat operations in the?Persian Gulf. He posed for photographs with pilots and members of the ship's crew while wearing a?flight suit. A few hours later, he gave a speech announcing the end of major combat operations in the?Iraq War. Behind and above him hung a banner that said "Mission Accomplished."