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He said goodbye to Air Force One, too.<br\/><br\/>Obama&#8217;s roundtrip to his Chicago hometown, where he delivered the speech, marked the 445th time that he&#8217;s flown aboard the familiar, eye-catching blue and white U.S. government airplane with the presidential insignia emblazoned on the side, according to White House press secretary Josh Earnest. The plane goes by the call sign &#8220;Air Force One&#8221; whenever the sitting president is on board.<br\/><br\/>But no more for Obama. Tuesday&#8217;s flight was almost certainly the last one for him before he leaves office in nine days, on Jan. 20.<br\/><br\/>Obama&#8217;s first Air Force One flight came a few weeks into his presidency, when he flew to Williamsburg, Virginia, on Feb. 5, 2009, to address a meeting of House Democrats.<br\/><br\/>&#8220;It&#8217;s pretty nice,&#8221; Obama said of the aircraft after he stepped aboard for the first time.<br\/><br\/><br\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"air force one 11117-2\" data-alignment=\"center\" data-object-id=\"00000159-8e1f-d5d5-afdb-9ebfd3c50000\" data-type=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/snagfilms-a.akamaihd.net\/78\/b2\/241f60c14ffeb6b15ef99367598b\/air-force-one-11117-2.jpg\"\/><figcaption> <span>President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama wave from Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. Obama is traveling to Chicago to give his presidential farewell address, continuing a tradition established by the nation&#8217;s first president more than two centuries ago.<\/span><\/figcaption><figcaption> <span>Photo Credit: Jose Luis Magana\/AP<\/span><\/figcaption><br\/>Since then and up until Tuesday, Air Force One flew 2,799 hours and six minutes with Obama as a passenger, or the equivalent of 116 days, Earnest said. The destinations include 56 different countries and 49 states, with Maryland as the sole exception. It fits a category of its own, as the presidential jet is housed at Joint Base Andrews in suburban Prince George&#8217;s County, Maryland.<br\/><br\/>Obama spoke as recently as last week about his affection for Air Force One. 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