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Do we really need a new presidential plane (Air Force 1)?

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Radar jamming, ICM (infrared counter measures) so that it can attempt to avoid being shot down by a heat-seeking missile. Not sure if they still have it, but they used to also be able to deploy chaff (bits of metal to throw off heat seaking missiles). read more

Whatever the provider, time is of the essence to get the new Air Force One fleet designed, built and up-and-running."There is a concern in some quarters within the Air Force that they really need the replacement much sooner [than 2017]," Hagin says. read more

Normally the US President travels aboard the VC-25, commonly known as Air Force One. This plane carries the President his staff and the press corps. The President also travels with a C-5 Galaxy, a monstrous cargo plane, which carries the Presidential motorcade: 2 limos, various SUVs and presumably all sorts of other stuff we don’t know about. read more

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