Security Policy? Not buying that except as an excuse. Not seeing how not painting a number on a wing or tail keeps anyone safer anyplace, any where. It’s not like they’re going to quit using their radios?
My guess is leaving off the numbers helps the DNC hide the act of using gummint planes for campaigning, at no cost? They’re not supposed to do that, even the presidente, without paying the seat cost of the ride. Remember when Bush43 always made an “official visit? when he went on a campaign trip? No one has ever asked Mumbles if he’s paying for his rides to the beach? Those are NOT official bizness. Trump never cashed his paychecks so it never came up for him.
Planes without outward numbers are CIA (not MIL).
ADS-B transponders always have the Registration ID (tail number) in the broadcast.
CIA can paint anything they want on the fuselage...
:: Security Policy? Not buying that except as an excuse. ::
Same-same with Xao BaiDen [almost] never flying in AF1 (as a callsign) over US territory.
The AF1 is used when outside the 12-mile limit.
So, he’s not safe over the US but not a target when away from MIL protections.
Makes sense, right?