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Forum: Military Aviation

11th Nov 2020, 02:31

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RAF pilot is to become first non-American to fly Air Force One

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Posted By Airbubba

That's what makes me a little skeptical of the...

That's what makes me a little skeptical of the claim: “There are only two 747s in the world that can take off like that,” one of the flight stewards said that day, leaning over to a congressman who...

Forum: Military Aviation

11th Nov 2020, 01:28

Replies: 60

RAF pilot is to become first non-American to fly Air Force One

Views: 26,121

Posted By Airbubba

Thanks again. Colonel Tillman also has several...

Thanks again. Colonel Tillman also has several passages of narrative in The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 by Garrett Graff (2019).

In it he says he took AF1 up to FL450 and later...

Forum: Military Aviation

10th Nov 2020, 23:57

Replies: 60

RAF pilot is to become first non-American to fly Air Force One

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Posted By Airbubba

I don't believe President Bush was in an E-4 at...

I don't believe President Bush was in an E-4 at all anytime after the 9-11 attacks. Do you have a source that claims otherwise? Thanks.

Here's a 2017 Garrett Graff article that mentions the E-4s...

Forum: Military Aviation

10th Nov 2020, 14:55

Replies: 60

RAF pilot is to become first non-American to fly Air Force One

Views: 26,121

Posted By Airbubba

A former colleague who flew right seat on the...

A former colleague who flew right seat on the VC-25A says that he came from the USAF C-130 community.

This is simply not true in my observation. An E-4 is always on alert but domestically at...

Forum: Military Aviation

10th Nov 2020, 02:05

Replies: 60

RAF pilot is to become first non-American to fly Air Force One

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Posted By Airbubba

Not impossible I suppose but the AF1 crew do have...

Not impossible I suppose but the AF1 crew do have some SIOP and Continuity of Government duties that are rarely shared with foreign nationals in my experience. One of the three C-32As listed above is...

Forum: Military Aviation

10th Nov 2020, 01:41

Replies: 60

RAF pilot is to become first non-American to fly Air Force One

Views: 26,121

Posted By Airbubba

AF1 aircrew are required to have a Category Two...

AF1 aircrew are required to have a Category Two YANKEE WHITE security clearance. I presume this administrative nickname will soon have to be changed to something more politically correct in the woke...

Forum: Military Aviation

10th Nov 2020, 00:37

Replies: 60

RAF pilot is to become first non-American to fly Air Force One

Views: 26,121

Posted By Airbubba

I think somebody misinformed you about the 757...

I think somebody misinformed you about the 757 being rarely used for AF1. ;)

The AF1 757s are C-32As with Pratt motors. The planes used as AF1 are 09-0015, 09-0016 and 09-0017.

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