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To: Jordi
23 U.S. presidential helicopters,

Why in the world do we need this many high end helicopters for the executive branch? Seems like a lot of taxpayer's money for ostentation.

35 posted on 01/29/2005 4:34:34 PM PST by glorgau
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To: glorgau
Why in the world do we need this many high end helicopters for the executive branch? Seems like a lot of taxpayer's money for ostentation.

Whenever the President is flying, there are actually several identical choppers flown together for security reasons.

Each of these has to have a backup so that there are always enough choppers ready to fly at a moment's notice. There are probably a few extra choppers for training purposes.

42 posted on 01/29/2005 4:59:23 PM PST by e_engineer
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