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Tomconroy

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10. The media covered the departure and Biden spoke on the tarmac.

Reply to NowISeetheLight (Reply #9)

Tue Oct 17, 2023, 10:36 PM

Oct 2023

This flight was announced in advance. It is anything but a secret.
The transponder info is freely available although it may be turned off as it approaches Israel. I imagine it might pick up an escort or two as well.

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Bound for Ben Gurion Airport [View all] Tomconroy Oct 2023 OP

... sprinkleeninow Oct 2023 #1

Godspeed President Biden. So much on his shoulders. Maru Kitteh Oct 2023 #2

If traitor was in office, he wouldnt get within 5000 miles of a war. He is the biggest Eliot Rosewater Oct 2023 #3

Trump was twice in war zones. former9thward Oct 2023 #12

Godspeed, Mr. President Hekate Oct 2023 #4

Please stay safe President Biden berniesandersmittens Oct 2023 #5

us and the whole free, non-terrorist, non-fascist world. Maru Kitteh Oct 2023 #8

Damn right Kitteh canetoad Oct 2023 #15

Godspeed and stay safe Mr. President. MarineCombatEngineer Oct 2023 #6

so much for secret travel planning. if he is in fact on it and its not a decoy nt msongs Oct 2023 #7

The departure was widely covered in the press. Tomconroy Oct 2023 #11

Sorry... NowISeetheLight Oct 2023 #9

The media covered the departure and Biden spoke on the tarmac. Tomconroy Oct 2023 #10

AF 1 is always escorted no matter where it goes. former9thward Oct 2023 #13

President Biden takes his duty seriously Tetrachloride Oct 2023 #14

tbh that airspace might be the safest place on planet earth right now. MyNameIsJonas Oct 2023 #17

Safe travels, safe visit, and safe return President Biden. electric_blue68 Oct 2023 #16

Does Hamas have a cluster of rockets sarisataka Oct 2023 #18