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A HERETIC I AM

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17. Or just training.
Mon Jan 11, 2021, 08:49 PM
Jan 2021

New pilots will be flying those aircraft for Biden. Landing them on those three little red circles they lay out on the south lawn takes practice. I had the chance to speak with a Marine who worked in HMX-1 and was told that they practice all the time, and do practice landings at the White House when the president is not there. They also have a forward base in Anacostia, about 3 miles from the White House that has a mockup of the landing zone at the White House.

You can see that here;
https://goo.gl/maps/xEz4QEP8aLpr77PB9

Since these were spotted flying over the Naval Observatory (Where the VP’s residence is) it can be assumed they were running approaches and/or actual landings just in case they had to put down there in the coming days.

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