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To: Wneighbor

There is at least 1 extra AF1. Not only used as a decoy but in the event one of the other plane has a mechanical issue...

I know I watched the President departing some location recently on TV and the coverage showed him board the plane. As it taxiied away, a second AF1 followed right behind.

As far as Marine 1’s, I had all three of them fly over my head on 9/12/09 when I was in DC for the March on Washington. It was late afternoon as as we were making our way back to our tour bus, all 3 Marine 1 copters flew over (I was by the Washington Monument) before 2 peeled off leaving the one carrying Obama to land. He had left that morning as the crowd was forming on Pennsylvania Ave, for a trip to Minnesota to get out of town. But he first circled the city to see the massive throng of Tea Partiers gathered for the day.


1,620 posted on 06/27/2018 3:21:35 PM PDT by Typelouder
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To: Typelouder

I was there! If I had know he was flying over, I would have flipped him the bird. In a polite, Christian way.

Hope he counted all 1 to 2 million of us.


1,627 posted on 06/27/2018 3:29:12 PM PDT by generally ( Don't be stupid. We have politicians for that.)
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To: Typelouder

By convention, whatever aircraft POTUS is in, is either AF1 or Marine 1. The others, the spares, go by different call sign.


1,636 posted on 06/27/2018 3:35:49 PM PDT by Cboldt
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