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Cheezoholic

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8. This can't be used as the official one we currently have. BUT any plane the president is aboard is designated as "AF-1"

Reply to MagaSmash (Original post)

Sun May 11, 2025, 12:43 PM

May 11

First Air Force 1 is a call sign in name only for any aircraft the President of the United States is on. So if he rides in it then technically yes it becomes Air Force 1. But a Piper Cub, if his Fat Ass could fit, would also take on the call sign of Air Force 1.

Second, the actual 747's we officially use today (there are actually 2 I believe) are outfitted with advanced technical avionics, defense and evasion systems, top secret communications systems and the ability to mid-air refuel at a minimum. It would take 2 years to retrofit that fucking stupid plane to those specs if possible at all.

This in all actuality would be the worlds most expensive golf cart on taxpayer dollars.

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Orange FELON to accept $400 Million Luxury Jet from Qatar as a "Palace in the Sky" [View all] MagaSmash May 11 OP

This is so damned wrong. Congress? hlthe2b May 11 #1

If he wants to live in a palace so badly, he could just move there. We don't really like that kind of thing here. Walleye May 11 #2

Lets build it for him, however he must live there and multigraincracker May 11 #5

Because America is so poor, we need a 13 year-old airplane hand-me-down for the President. tetedur May 11 #3

Call it what it is - Air Faust One taxi May 11 #4

I love the smell of corruption in the morning. Dave Bowman May 11 #6

Oh man.... purr-rat beauty May 11 #7

This can't be used as the official one we currently have. BUT any plane the president is aboard is designated as "AF-1" Cheezoholic May 11 #8

He doesn't care CloudWatcher May 11 #10

NO security risk there!!!!! nt AZ8theist May 11 #9

Maybe it'll crash. Texin May 11 #11

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