Originally Posted by
mary meagher
In Bloomberg Business Week, an excellent article published on March 14 by Garrett M. Graft reviews in detail plans to renew both Air Force One aircraft and new ones proposed for Marine One Helicopers. At present, the presidential helicopters include 11 Sea Kings, 8 White Hawks, and a number of Super Stallions and Sea Kings, which follow the President around the world in cargo aircraft, so he never has to depend on local transport.
You might want to check the spelling on the author's name, it's Garrett M. Graff.
Here's a link to the article by Graff:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/featu...dy-for-takeoff
He's a good writer but sometimes gets details mixed up in his coverage of Presidential transport systems.
For example, in the article cited above he claims:
Its capabilities astounded those who flew on it. “The range and speed requirements were extreme for a helicopter,” Young says. But none ever landed on the White House lawn. All nine had their top-secret communications systems—known by the code name “Yankee White”—torn out.
For decades the Yankee White codename has referred to something other than a communications system, it seems surprising that Graff wouldn't know this from his research. Or a Google search.
Graff covers HMX-1 and other Presidential transport organizations in his recent book with a somewhat sensational title:
Raven Rock: The Story of the U.S. Government's Secret Plan to Save Itself -- While the Rest of Us Die.