This was one of two Bell Model 47J Rangers purchased in 1957 for use by President Eisenhower. While it was usually the other (57-2729) that flew the President, this one carried his physician and a Secret Service agent. In March 1962 it was removed from presidential service but was employed to carry high-ranking Department of Defense personnel and several foreign dignitaries till retired to the museum in July 1967 where it is now displayed the the fourth building's Presidential Gallery

The USAF retired it's two Presidential transport UH-13J's in 1967 and transferred them to museums the following year. The Smithsonian received this example, which was the first to carry President Eisenhower, and is now on display at the NASM Udvar-Hazy Center. The other UH-131J was donated to the National Museum of the USAF in Dayton, OH.