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  • CA Fires Continue to Threaten Reagan's AF1

    10/27/2003 10:10:48 AM PST · by jriemer · 4 replies · 198+ views
    AP ^ | 10/26/03 | AP
    From the AP - "Ventura County firefighters protect the fusilage of Air Force One (used during Ronal Regan's (sic) term as President) as smoke passes overhead at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, right, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2003, in Simi Valley, Calif. The fire has destroyed several homes and burned more than 45,000 acres." At last word, firefighters are still protecting this symbol of President Reagan's term of office from destruction by fire. God bless these men and women regardless of their political persuasion. Note - AP cannot seem to speel the name of the greatest President the...
  • Air Force One Equipment Lacking on Sept. 11, 2001

    10/24/2002 6:31:22 PM PDT · by InvisibleChurch · 11 replies · 305+ views
    Air Force One Equipment Lacking on Sept. 11, 2001 Oct. 24 — NEW YORK (Reuters) - While President Bush was on board Air Force One the day of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, he was unable to hold video conferences, monitor news coverage properly or receive key data from people on the ground, Business Week reported in its latest edition. The magazine said that as a result of communications inadequacies on the presidential plane, Bush ordered the equipment on the fleet of four presidential planes to be upgraded. "The president was not happy," Adm. James Ellis Jr., commander of the...