Maps of Movies

Air Force One (1997)

Where Air Force One says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

Germany's Ramstein Air Base on screen was filmed in Ohio, and Radek's palace is a Cleveland concert hall

Scenes and places

Radek's palace raid (1997)

Special forces storm General Radek's palace in Kazakhstan and seize him. The raid sets up everything that follows.

Set in General Radek's palace, Kazakhstan — Opens with a joint U.S.-Russian special-forces raid that captures General Ivan Radek, dictator of a rogue neo-Soviet regime in Kazakhstan.

The palace is a fictional Kazakh location with no real address in the story.

Filmed at Severance Hall, Cleveland (exterior) — Exterior of Radek's palace. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Filmed at Cuyahoga County Courthouse, Cleveland (interior) — Interior of Radek's palace. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Radek in the Russian prison (1997)

Radek is held in a Russian prison three weeks after his capture. His loyalists want him back, and that sets the film's demand.

Set in Russian prison — The prison where General Radek is held after his capture.

The story gives no real prison location; the film used a famous Ohio reformatory.

Filmed at Ohio State Reformatory, Mansfield — Russian prison where Radek is held. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The Moscow dinner speech (1997)

President Marshall ditches the diplomatic script and vows the U.S. will never negotiate with terrorists. His aides wince, and the pledge comes back to haunt him.

Set in Moscow — The President praises the Radek operation at a diplomatic dinner in Moscow. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Moscow is the film's real-world setting for the dinner.

Filmed at Red Square, Moscow — Second-unit exterior footage. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Filmed at Ebell of Los Angeles — The diplomatic dinner scene. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Boarding at Sheremetyevo (1997)

Marshall's entourage boards Air Force One, and six Radek loyalists posing as journalists board with them. The plane lifts off with the threat already inside.

Set in Sheremetyevo International Airport — Departure airport of Air Force One in the film. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Sheremetyevo is Moscow's main international airport.

Filmed at Los Angeles International Airport — Stood in for Sheremetyevo. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The failed landing at Ramstein (1997)

After the hijack, the pilot radios Ramstein for emergency help and tries to land. Korshunov stops it, and the plane turns toward Kazakhstan.

Set in Ramstein Air Base, Germany — The base where the crippled plane tries to make an emergency landing. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Ramstein is a large U.S. Air Force base in Rhineland-Palatinate.

Filmed at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, Ohio — Stood in for Ramstein Air Base. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Filmed at Van Nuys Airport hangars — Air Force One hangar and runway scenes (scene not specified in the source) Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• James Marshall — The U.S. president and a Vietnam veteran whose plane is hijacked on the way home from Moscow.
• General Ivan Radek — The captured dictator of a rogue neo-Soviet regime in Kazakhstan.