con-pilot

Now, along with the 3,000 people and the 40 aircraft going with Obama to India, it has now been admitted that there will be 34 US Navy ships, including a Carrier Task Force.

34 warships sent from US for Obama visit

So, lets add this up again.

34 US Navy ships including a Carrier Task Force.

40 Aircraft, mostly US Military.

3,000 people, the size of a US Infantry Division.

Obama's party just suffered a defeat in the mid-term election Tuesday.

So obvious answer, invade India and start a war.

11Fan

Incorrect. Invade India and start a call center for Obama.com

It would curry favor with the locals.

Airborne Aircrew

He's going into hiding...

Him and Osama...

con-pilot

Hell, Hannibal crossed the Alps with less stuff than this dude.

rgbrock1

Oh Con. Just a slight correction to your math.

A U.S. Army Infantry division is usually comprised of 10,000-15,000 troops.
So the 3,000 personnel He is bringing with him hardly constitutes a division-worth of people.

However, the 3,000 personnel He is bringing with him is the size of a U.S. Army
Regiment. Which is really overkill.

However if He was really smart, which He is not, he wouldn't bother with an Infantry-sized regiment to bring with him. Instead, he'd bring one company (~250 men) worth of...... you know it's coming........ hold it.... hold it... here it comes....


Hooah.

dead_pan

Next stop Seoul - and from there up the Yangtze with a quick stopover off Pyongyang. He's only got two more years left to put the world to rights.

twb3

I am by no means an Obama fan, but is there any information on how this trip differs from the usual logistics of an overseas Presidential visit? It seems extravagant, but I know that there is a lot more involved than just Air Force One in such an affair.

11Fan

Stand at ease. You're among friends.

G-CPTN

Isn't there more than one Air Force One?

tony draper

I think these Indians would be a bit more of a handful than the last Indians the US fought.

11Fan

Well, this could be O'custer's last stand.

rgbrock1

G-CPTN:

If I'm not mistaken, Air Force One is comprised of two aircraft, both VC-25's.

Air Force Two is comprised of one aircraft, a Boeing C-32. (Derived, I believe, from a 757)

The PIC of Air Force One is currently U.S. Air Force Col. Scott Turner.

con-pilot

From the research I have done and from talking to some folks that are very familiar with Presidential overseas trips, the largest was around 500 to 700 people in Clinton's trip to Australia and I believe that one of G. W. Bush's trips were about the same size.

But this is the biggest Presidential overseas trip in history by a very big margin.

So, got to be an invasion. So don't anybody tell India that we're coming.

11Fan

Yeah, we'll sneak in under the cover of night. Grab some tourist trinkets and slip out before they know we were even there.

rgbrock1

Well, if we want Him to sneak in under the cover of darkness perhaps Air Force One should be something similar to this:

11Fan

Sorry rg,

Blackberry wont work in a stealth aircraft.

Sir George Cayley

OK 11Fan,

I'll see ya F117As and raise ya

BAe Hawk 200's (deadpan poker face)

Sir George Cayley

11Fan

Sir George,

I see your BAe Hawk 200 and raise you three T-45's


The other design we nicked from ya, after the Harriers.

Sir George Cayley

Bugger

tailstrikecharles

^ Droll...very droll :


p.s. Blackberry should work.. different electromagnetic wavelength