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Air Force One
6/11/04 | self

Posted on 06/11/2004 2:08:02 PM PDT by Huntress

I've been watching the coverage of President Reagan's funeral, and it appears to me that his body and funeral party are being flown on Air Force One. Can anyone confirm this, or comment on the protocol for Air Force One in this situation? Personally, I think it is a very nice and fitting tribute to President Reagan, and an extremely classy gesture by President Bush to allow it.


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Nancy Reagan, accompanied by Army Maj. Gen. Galen B. Jackman, , waves to mourners in attendance at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Friday, June 11, 2004, following her late husband's state funeral at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington. Mrs. Reagan accompanied the casket of the late President Ronald Reagan (news - web sites) back to California, where a private funeral service will be held later this evening on the grounds of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy (news - web sites), M.J. Darby)


101 posted on 06/11/2004 4:13:30 PM PDT by Kaslin
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To: southernnorthcarolina
This isn't a 747 and was used as AF1 on Earth Day

102 posted on 06/11/2004 4:35:29 PM PDT by armymarinemom (Ultimate Flip Flop->I support the Troops but not their mission)
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To: JoJo Gunn
Your comment reveals you to be very young...

Well, you blew that right off the bat.

103 posted on 06/11/2004 4:45:05 PM PDT by Non-Sequitur (Jefferson Davis - the first 'selected, not elected' president.)
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To: armymarinemom

That is a 757 of which there are a few in the fleet. This plane is used by the VP (unless he is being sent on a special mission for the President), Cabinet members, and others of that rank. Depending on the airport the President is to land at, the smaller 757 might be used in lieu of the 747 due to its' heavier weight.


104 posted on 06/11/2004 5:12:02 PM PDT by jettester (I got paid to break 'em - not fly 'em)
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To: ican'tbelieveit

Well .. I heard on FOX that the plane had been ordered - and she had participated in decorating it. However, it didn't arrive until several months after they left office. So, I was partly right.


105 posted on 06/11/2004 10:37:38 PM PDT by CyberAnt (President Bush: a core set of principles from which he will not deviate)
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To: leadpenny
"Air Force One" only applies if the President is on board.

Usually that's true, but Pres. Bush authorized the use of the title while it was carrying the body of President Reagan.

Such a classy man!

106 posted on 06/11/2004 10:39:22 PM PDT by SuziQ (Bush in 2004/Because we MUST!!)
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To: Huntress

The AF1 fleet also includes a MD80, shown in this picture.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/040611/480/mdsh10606112025

It was used by Clinton on his vacations to Martha's Vinyard because the runway on MV couldn't handle the 747.

Another trivia - the two 747 AF1s have been used for deception. When Slick Willy flew into Pakistan from India, there was concern about his plane being shot at so they first flew in one of the AF1 747s w/o Slick Willy aboard (nobody knew the plane only had pilots aboard). Then, about 5 minutes later, the second AF1 747 flew in (with Willy aboard).


107 posted on 06/12/2004 11:55:26 AM PDT by Uncle Kermie (Long Live RWR)
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To: Dog
Zipper One..

I'm hoping it's "Dumpster One" for Syphilitic Bill. And let's be magnanimous - we'll authorize the purchase of a new Dumpster instead of whatever's parked behind his trailer-park lie-bary.

108 posted on 06/12/2004 12:00:49 PM PDT by Hank Rearden (Refuse to let anyone who could only get a government job tell you how to run your life.)
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