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Old 23rd April 2017, 05:52 PM
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Any idea on departure time tomorrow?
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Old 23rd April 2017, 06:49 PM
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Actually, AF1 is whatever the President is on and AF2 is whatever the Vice President is on. Either one can be any type of aircraft including, I believe, a civilian aircraft. Both are simply callsigns which can clearly be used by anything with a radio, just like QF1.

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Marine One on USMC aircraft
Navy One on USN aircraft
Army One on Army aircraft
Coast Guard One on USCG aircraft
Executive One on private/commercial should it ever happen

And even Ground Force One on this thing:
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Old 23rd April 2017, 08:17 PM
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Oh ok, thanks for that.
I didn't actually know that
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Old 23rd April 2017, 09:48 PM
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It will be interesting to see if the VP departs on the same aircraft that he arrived in Sydney.

Don't be surprised if they switch a/c for the next leg.
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Old 24th April 2017, 06:32 AM
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He has been using the same bird whole trip, they are not duplicate aircraft when it comes to capabilities.
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Old 24th April 2017, 09:17 AM
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Question Military escorts for AF2?

Thought I spotted a couple of RAAF escorts tailing 980002 up the coast around 0830 - can anyone confirm that?
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