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big dave
       
location:
SoCal
Gender: Male
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< on 3/19/2009 5:10 AM >
|  | | | Air Force 1 is taking off from LB tomorrow at 6pm. Im gonna leave my house at 4:30 and stake out a spot and get some pics. Anyone wanna meet up?
An armed society, is a polite society. So lets get to it! |
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snordhol
location:
Huntington Beach, CA
Gender: Male
| | Re: non UE photo op
<Reply # 1 on 3/19/2009 8:31 PM >
| | | | Posted by big dave
Air Force 1 is taking off from LB tomorrow at 6pm. Im gonna leave my house at 4:30 and stake out a spot and get some pics. Anyone wanna meet up?
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Air Force 1 Landing
Going Where Others Won't |
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big dave
location:
SoCal
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 2 on 3/20/2009 4:23 AM >
| | | | Wow it was the coolest thing ive ever seen...the pinnacle of aerial photography and hobby. I arrived with family and friends about 10 minutes before we heard the first helicopters. You could hear the Sikorsky helicopters from 15-20 miles away flying over metro LA and coming toward Long Beach Airport. There 3 Sikorsky and 2 Blackhawk helicopters, flying in groups of 2 and 1 single. They approached the airport from all directions and landed at different places around the runway. Once they all landed, they taxied toward Air Force One. The Sikorsky helis opened up and a swarm of service members, media, and other officials walked briskly to AF1 and boarded. A single Blackhawk stopped in front AF1 and Obama got out with some cabinet members, and walked casually toward the stairs of the jet while waving to media on that side of the airport. He boarded and AF1 started taxing to the runway within 1-2 minutes. Once they hit the runway, they were gone. It all happened in minutes...they dont fuck around. There were snipers on every rooftop, sniffing dogs walking through the crowd...never seen anything like it. Very awesome experience, and i dont think ill ever seen anything more impressive than what i saw today.
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An armed society, is a polite society. So lets get to it! |
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Wilk
location:
NYC
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 3 on 3/20/2009 4:32 AM >
| | | | Very cool dave, great pictures. I'm gonna have to see that show for myself next time it stops in PHX.
Ready for liftoff
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don_corleyone
location:
F/RoX
Gender: Male
I have abandonment issues
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<Reply # 4 on 3/20/2009 4:36 AM >
| | | | VERY fucking cool. and GREAT shots.
awesome.
leave the gun. take the cannoli.
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robk700
location:
Los Angeles / D.C.
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 5 on 3/20/2009 6:27 AM >
| | | | Nicely done Dave. Great photos and great description of the event. Almost felt I was there. I grew up in DC so Im a little desensitized but this post made me feel a bit of envy. Cheers!
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Steed
 
location:
Edmonton/Seoul
Gender: Male
Your Friendly Neighbourhood Race Traitor
| | | Re: non UE photo op
<Reply # 6 on 3/20/2009 6:32 AM >
| | | | Nice work.
Made me think of this:
| Leno also joked about the dismal state of the economy, saying it's so bad Obama flew to California on Southwest Airways — making nine stops. |
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/obama_leno
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XBEN
location:
Nouveau-Québec
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 7 on 3/20/2009 6:45 AM >
| | | | Thats pretty cool pics dave!!!
''Toutes les grandes personnes ont d'abord été des enfants.''
-Le Petit Prince |
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cr400
location:
Los Angeles, CA
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 8 on 3/20/2009 2:44 PM >
| | | | Hey dave!!!! it looks like the men in black suits are gonna pay you a visit.
I was there at 4:30 pm yesterday, saw a guy and his dog getting arrested. I forgot to take pictures of it cause I was focused on making sure they didn't shoot the dog. You know Long beach P.D. They beat up other police that come into their city. I'm probably lucky I forgot to photo it!
Anyway good luck with the dark suits.
These are the best shots I was able to get.
You can see a million miles tonite, but you can't get very far.
Honorary member of UER lifetime acheivement award winning, 2Xplorations and Guide Services, Texas. |
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76grinch
location:
Mexico, Missouri
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 9 on 3/20/2009 9:36 PM >
| | | | Nice pics only too bad the president had to be Obama.
76GRINCH |
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sYnOnYx
location:
Las Vegas , NV
Gender: Male
what happens here, doesnt stay here.
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<Reply # 10 on 3/20/2009 11:57 PM >
| | | | Dave,
you should watch the National Geographic specials:
Aboard Air Force One
&
Aboard Marine One
Pretty good stuff.
My Ongoing Blog: :http://www.realismphotography.com/ |
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cambrianguy
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<Reply # 11 on 3/21/2009 3:41 AM >
| | | | Posted by sYnOnYx
Dave,
you should watch the National Geographic specials:
Aboard Air Force One
&
Aboard Marine One
Pretty good stuff.
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Those were great shows! I really liked the one on Marine One. Funny how the main pilot's name is "Frenchie" and that they let the new guys practice live landings on the White House lawn.
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AL-E-CAT
location:
WISCONSIN
Gender: Male
No clue where i`m going or where i`ve been!
| | Re: non UE photo op
<Reply # 12 on 3/21/2009 3:51 AM >
| | | | All of your tax money put to good use.One of the best show`s i`ve seen was on
air force one..... Great shot`s.
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sockonit
location:
San Jose, CA
Gender: Male
When fun is outlawed, only outlaws will have fun
| | Re: non UE photo op
<Reply # 13 on 3/21/2009 8:51 AM >
| | | | Along with AirForce One, besides all the Helo's, there is always a group of F-16's. Usually these planes are never seen, but always heard. They flank AF 1 then break off out of camera range when landing.
Liberals want my guns, Conservatives want my porn, I prefer to keep both. |
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Shockwave
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 14 on 3/21/2009 5:04 PM >
| | | | I am very sorry I missed this.
don't talk shit about total |
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/-/ooligan
location:
Las Vegas area
Gender: Male
When in danger, when in doubt, RUN IN CIRCLES, SCREAM AND SHOUT!
| | Re: non UE photo op
<Reply # 15 on 3/23/2009 12:06 AM >
| | | | Posted by sockonit
Along with AirForce One, besides all the Helo's, there is always a group of F-16's. Usually these planes are never seen, but always heard. They flank AF 1 then break off out of camera range when landing.
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Combat Air Patrols over areas the POTUS is visiting aren't always done, it just depends on a bunch of factors, and the fighters do loose orbits around a designated 'bullseye,' often 10 or 30 miles away from where the POTUS actually is..
But when there are F-16s or F-15s doing the POTUS CAP mission, there's usually also an USAF E-3 AWACS or CBP P-3 AEW&C plane up, plus tankers.
AF1 usually doe not have any sort of fighter escort.
The MH-53(s) in the photos are USMC HMX-1 'greenies,' so they'd be used to transport support personnel, leap-frogging between multiple sites, etc. but they're very basic inside -- a big, bad-ass flying version of a cargo van. The VH-60(s) shown are white-tops, which mean they're equipped for Marine One missions.
Not photographed, but somewhere within XX distance, would have been another USAF 89th Airlift Wing aircraft operating as AF-1 back-up. It could have been the other VC-25, or it could have been a C-20 or C-37 (Gulfstream IV/V).
/-/oolie
There are no stupid questions, just stupid people. |
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sockonit
location:
San Jose, CA
Gender: Male
When fun is outlawed, only outlaws will have fun
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<Reply # 16 on 3/23/2009 1:29 AM >
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Thanks /-/oolie,
I thought I saw something on Dicovery Channel once about fighter escorts, I saw "Dubya" fly in to Moffett a couple of times, I wasn't at Moffett, just miles away in AF-1's flight path and there were F-16's up.
Sock
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