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Plane came 'within about 1,000' feet of Air Force One: report
The Hill ^
Posted on 04/10/2017 5:26:21 PM PDT by ameribbean expat
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To: ameribbean expat
and NOT shot down...??
that's EXTREMELY suspicious.
It sounds like the non shoot-down was some kind of political message.
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posted on
04/10/2017 5:28:54 PM PDT
by
gaijin
To: ameribbean expat
This was news yesterday. Why don’t they know who was flying?
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posted on
04/10/2017 5:30:14 PM PDT
by
BunnySlippers
(I LOVE BULL MARKETS!!!)
To: ameribbean expat
I have a hunch the driver of that errant plane will be in a world of hurt; not because POTUS goes after him, but because the Air Force and ATC do.
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posted on
04/10/2017 5:30:46 PM PDT
by
Tucker39
(In giving us The Christ, God gave us the ONE thing we desperately NEEDED; a Savior.)
To: ameribbean expat
My guess is it’s due to parallel runways on landing and the distance was probably much more than 100 feet.
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posted on
04/10/2017 5:31:50 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(Make America Great Again!)
To: gaijin
“It sounds like the non shoot-down was some kind of political message.”
What message would that be?
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posted on
04/10/2017 5:32:13 PM PDT
by
gibsonguy
To: Tucker39
If the President is not on board is the plane still referred to as AF1????
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posted on
04/10/2017 5:32:27 PM PDT
by
JBW1949
(I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
To: gaijin
Af1 does not normally fly with armed escorts. Af1 cant shoot it down either.
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posted on
04/10/2017 5:32:37 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: ameribbean expat
Is Harrison Ford in trouble again?!? /s
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posted on
04/10/2017 5:33:31 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: ameribbean expat
The guy should have been on some form of flight control in the area. I suspect he was simply following direction from someone. A flight controller may have been the problem.
This is a layman’s take on it, so I would welcome someone correcting me if I’m off base.
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posted on
04/10/2017 5:33:40 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(NeverTrump, a movement that was revealed to be a movement. Thank heaven we flushed!)
To: JBW1949
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posted on
04/10/2017 5:34:05 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(NeverTrump, a movement that was revealed to be a movement. Thank heaven we flushed!)
To: ameribbean expat
I just measured the runways at Andrews and they are 2000 feet apart.
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posted on
04/10/2017 5:34:17 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(Make America Great Again!)
To: DoughtyOne
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posted on
04/10/2017 5:35:41 PM PDT
by
JBW1949
(I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
To: JBW1949
It ceases being Air Force One when he exits the plane.
We and the media will still address it that way though, so we’ll be able to instantly identify the aircraft.
Whatever plane he is one, is Air Force One.
If some circumstance should arise where he is on a two seat Cessna, it would still be Air Force One.
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posted on
04/10/2017 5:36:09 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(NeverTrump, a movement that was revealed to be a movement. Thank heaven we flushed!)
To: JBW1949
No. AF1 is designated to any plane he is aboard, though. He could be flying in a Piper Cub and it would be designated AF1.
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posted on
04/10/2017 5:37:08 PM PDT
by
laplata
( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
To: ameribbean expat
Accdg to the article, it was a ...
"Boeing C-17 Globemaster a gray, four-engine military transport aircraft through their windows at 6:23 p.m. as Air Force One was descending toward its home base at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland."
Someone did not get the 'clear airspace' order.
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posted on
04/10/2017 5:37:28 PM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: DoughtyOne; All
Does anyone know if Air Force fighters still escort AF1.
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posted on
04/10/2017 5:38:25 PM PDT
by
laplata
( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
To: ameribbean expat
“Was Air Force 1 meant to be underneath me?”
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posted on
04/10/2017 5:39:43 PM PDT
by
Rastus
To: yarddog
Maybe this is what you saw? the MD-80 was bustin to help clear space?
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posted on
04/10/2017 5:39:50 PM PDT
by
txhurl
To: Tucker39
A globemaster is a huge cargo jet ,, as a military jet is was most likely on a “military air route” ,, I’m unfamiliar with details on how they are controlled but they are not handled by “regular” ATC... It seems likely that both civilian ATC and military ATC were involved and not talking to each other.
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posted on
04/10/2017 5:40:40 PM PDT
by
Neidermeyer
(Show me a peaceful Muslim and I will show you a heretic to the Koran.)
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