[meyer]

Any plane containing the POTUS can be designated AF-1.

[Cboldt]

-- Any plane containing the POTUS can be designated AF-1. --

Understood. And of course the usual 747 can pull up to a suitable terminal gate, there are hundreds of them. Avoiding the terminal gates is a protocol-driven choice, not an airframe-driven choice.

Plus, my understanding is any plane that contains POTUS not only can be, but is designated AF-1.

[xone]

can be

Is

[txhurl]

True dat.