time of air force one departure
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i intend to go have a look at air force one since it's coming to sg, so im going to camp under the takeoff path outside the runway. but i need to noe some things:
where it is landing? personally i think PLAB is most likely
what time? i heard it landed already... so wad time take off? my fren say 5am tmw but not sure
and if anyone here works at PLAB can get some photos? thanks...not often that plane comes to sg -
Landing time shld be between 2am-5am due to the fact that they are going to be blocking the entire PIE for Bush to travel on.Plane is landing at PLAB but security is very very tight and not much else is knownOriginally posted by wd1:i intend to go have a look at air force one since it's coming to sg, so im going to camp under the takeoff path outside the runway. but i need to noe some things:
where it is landing? personally i think PLAB is most likely
what time? i heard it landed already... so wad time take off? my fren say 5am tmw but not sure
and if anyone here works at PLAB can get some photos? thanks...not often that plane comes to sg -
r u saying landing time or departure time?? coz news say it jus landed... that is abt 5-6pm todae... any idea wad time it takeoff tmw?
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just know that for all we guys know that plane might even have a few hidden sidewinders..........that plane is consider a military plane..........
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Why r u asking such thing, this is highly sensitive since with JI around.Originally posted by wd1:r u saying landing time or departure time?? coz news say it jus landed... that is abt 5-6pm todae... any idea wad time it takeoff tmw?
The terrorists might have something like Igla or any Manpad to shoot it down becos Air Force One will be low enough to be shot down by a Manpad during landing & taking off. -
landing time 1730...
i was still in AFS... stupid anniversary
tomorrow roads will be closed till 0930. can take ur time to guess what time mr bush is leavin -
siao liao...........no need go sch liao.........
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ok... he's gone liao... saw the TP blocking off PIE this morning... wah lau.. super jam man... even our own minister done have such treatment... -
how do u know tat there are sidewinder in air force one?
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dunno bout da sidewinders but it has counter measures against missiles
and there r 2 identical AF 1
both r maintained by da USAF
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Nope - there are two VC-25A aircraft (SAM 28000 and 29000). Air Force One is only a callsign assigned to the aircraft the US president is on. If the S3B that Bush flew onto the Lincoln was not a Navy aircraft, it would have been assigned the callsign Air Force One as well.
The old VC137 used for the job (SAM 27000 - the backup for 26000) changed callsigns in midflight. It took off as Air Force One when it was flying Nixon back to California following his resignation, but reverted to and landed as SAM 27000 in immediately after Gerald Ford was sworn in. -
in short is, no matter what jet the US president is on, it will be called air force one.Originally posted by Gedanken:Nope - there are two VC-25A aircraft (SAM 28000 and 29000). Air Force One is only a callsign assigned to the aircraft the US president is on. If the S3B that Bush flew onto the Lincoln was not a Navy aircraft, it would have been assigned the callsign Air Force One as well.
The old VC137 used for the job (SAM 27000 - the backup for 26000) changed callsigns in midflight. It took off as Air Force One when it was flying Nixon back to California following his resignation, but reverted to and landed as SAM 27000 in immediately after Gerald Ford was sworn in. -
uh....the president's private helicopter is called marine one if i'm not wrong.
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yes correctOriginally posted by branzzz:uh....the president's private helicopter is called marine one if i'm not wrong. -
Again, Marine One may not necessarily be a helicopter. The way the system works is that if the US president is on the aircraft, it's callsign number is One, and the number is preceded by the service: Air Force, Navy, Marine, Army or Executive (if the aircraft is civilian).
Therefore, bismarck, your conclusion is not quite correct. For example, the S3 that Bush flew had the callsign Navy One. -
haha marine one will almost certainly be a chopper...
or else bushie will be backseating in a F18 or harrier
not likely to happen anytime soon...
hmm the next marine one may be a MV-22. -
http://edition.cnn.com/2003/US/10/22/airforce.one/index.html
http://people.howstuffworks.com/air-force-one.htm
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apparently there were a couple of C17s and a NEAC following airforce one, which did an unusual approach, not the one normally taken by rsaf aircraft landing at plab.
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Well, Marine One is usually the helicopter that ferries the US President from the White House to Andrews AFB.
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Yes, it is usually a VH-3D from HMX-1, but there is no specific aircraft permanently designated Marine One (or Air Force One, Navy One, Army One or Executive One for that matter). It is assigned that callsign only when the US President is on board. I'm not sure what its reg number is, but it reverts back to that once the president gets off.
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O f course there are some planes,ships,copter whatever designated as Preseidential Vehicles. It's not easy to paint a 747 in presidential colours and equip it with all the stuff that makes it a flying white house and battle control overnight.
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If I am not wrong, there were 2 VC-25A here. One as the actual Air Force One while the other is the backup aircraft.
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i was wondering this all the time...whenever they go to other countries, is there any fighters escorting AF1 into the country and out of country?
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i doubt itOriginally posted by duotiga83:i was wondering this all the time...whenever they go to other countries, is there any fighters escorting AF1 into the country and out of country?
because countries will not take kindly to military aircraft intruding into their airspace be it on a escort mission
perhaps within the continental US fighter escorts are allowed
but then AF1 is invincible isnt it?
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The decoy AFO arrived at 1645 with the real one with the American president arriving at 1700.Departure time is 0900 the next day.