I’m not sure I’m the world’s best at explaining it, since I don’t have a deep knowledge of the subject, but when viewing the flight websites where air traffic can be tracked in real time, each craft you see has a letter and number designation. This allows the air traffic controller (and us!) to tell the type of plane and who the owner of said plane is.
For example, I just moved the map at the link in my post to the Nashville area and clicked on one of the planes in the area. It says ‘DAL2384’ which is Delta Air Lines flight 2384, and is a Boeing 737. Air Force One would normally have ‘AF1’ in place of the ‘DAL2384’ so anyone looking at it would know it’s Air Force One.
Based on what the guy posted (and I reposted) the AF1 designation has not shown on the tracking radar since March 2020. Since 1/20/21, various commentators have taken that to mean that Biden really hasn’t been on AF1 OR that the plane isn’t being recognized by the military as AF1 because it’s not being designated AF1 on the tracking radar.
If it’s accurate that it’s been the case AF1 hasn’t been used since March 2020 within the US, then the same assumptions about ‘is it REALLY AF1?’ should apply to when Trump was on the plane since March 2020. Personally, I don’t think it should have EVER used the AF1 designation on a public radar tracking site.
If something I wrote doesn’t make sense, just let me know. I had to write in parts because work interrupted. LOL
“Personally, I don’t think it should have EVER used the AF1 designation on a public radar tracking site.”
That was my thoughts exactly. To easy to be tracked and shot down. Maybe that is why they quit doing it. Wasn’t there something (was it on Q?) where there was a close call?