Originally Posted by
Jetset 88
As I understand it, Newquay Airport, Cornwall ( RAF St Mawgan as was) has a runway just over 9,000 ft long (2,740 metres). If all of that was usable for landing, why didn't President Biden's Air Force One land there after crossing the Pond to drop him off for the G7 talks, rather than going to the other side of the UK to Mildenhall and then flying him back west again in a chopper?
Biden was not flown from Mildenhall to Newquay in a helo. He took VC-25A (B742) 82-8000 as AF1 and one of the 757s, C-32A 09-0016 SAM 46 went from Mildenhall to Newquay as a backup.
And another C-32A (B-752) 09-0017 SAM 18 is parked at RAF Brize Norton. This is the 'third plane' that no one talks about.
Also, E-4B (B-742) 74-0787 GRIMM 99 is parked at RAF Mildenhall right now.