Could the release later this year of Red Tails , a movie about the Tuskegee airmen, have anything to do this?
Is the crappy picture of Air Force One released on a Friday afternoon merely a distraction from ANY questions about the chase plane(s)?
... and yes, I know it technically ain't AF-1 unless the President is aboard.
IIRC, the 177th Fighter Wing ‘Red Devils’ of the NJ ANG runs a red tailed F-16 out of Atlantic City.