Is this Air Force One?
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Affirmative. Although either of the two 747s (designated VC-25s by the USAF) are only called "Air Force 1" when the President is on board. At all other times they are referred to by their tail numbers.
Not if it's by itself, right?
Meaning he's not on it if nobody else is around....
AF1 has only had fighter escorts on a very few occasions, historically. There's really no point to it, since there's no real air to air threat over the U.S.
Well then the Presdent was nt likely on it. Below is his official schedule from yesterday.
Sunday, May 15, 2016
EDT
9:30AM In-Town Pool Call Time
10:15AM THE PRESIDENT departs the White House en route Joint Base Andrews
South Lawn
Open Press (Final Gather 9:55AM – North Doors of the Palm Room)
10:30AM THE PRESIDENT departs Joint Base Andrews en route Newark, New Jersey
Out-of-Town Travel Pool Coverage (Call Time 9:00AM – Virginia Gate, Joint Base Andrews)
11:25AM THE PRESIDENT arrives Newark, New Jersey
Newark International Airport
Open to Pre-Credentialed Media
12:50PM THE PRESIDENT delivers the Rutgers University commencement address
High Point Solutions Stadium, Piscataway Township, New Jersey
Open to Pre-Credentialed Media
2:40PM THE PRESIDENT departs Newark, New Jersey en route Washington, DC
Newark International Airport
Open to Pre-Credentialed Media
3:35PM THE PRESIDENT arrives Joint Base Andrews
Open to Pre-Credentialed Media
4 RUtix4me, Yesterday at 10:44 AM
Hmmm. AF1 that I saw from my yard was headed towards Newark Airport, 15 minutes away if it was going 600mph. Maybe the time stamp on my camera isn't right.
Oops my camera was 2 hours slow, it was 11:05.
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I saw AF1 growing up on base at McGuire as a kid pre 9/11 when my dad could get me onto the Tarmac. Seems silly but it was one of the coolest things I saw as a kid.
They should make him stand in the TSA line.. all politicians should be forced to stand in those lines.. maybe then we'd get something done about them.
Not silly at all. Cool at any age. Regardless of how one may feel about the man or his politics, the Presidency is an American institution.
I saw air force 2 at St. Croix on the tarmac, when my plane was taxiing. Biden was visiting for Christmas week. Always a cool site.
And when flying into foreign air space the host air force often offers a honorary escort but it is declined because any security benefit is negated by the increased risk of inadvertent air mishaps from close in formation flying.