Air Force One touched down in Afghanistan at 11:03 AM EST after a 13 hour overnight trip from JBA. Details of how POTUS snuck out of Mar a Lago are still a secret, but he flew out of an undisclosed airport in Florida on an off-the-record plane at 7:20 PM EST Wednesday evening
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Security precautions were taken to the extreme. Everyone’s cellular devices, including the handful of senior White House officials on the flight, were taken before boarding the plane. President Trump greeted the crew and even stayed in the cockpit for takeoff.
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After landing at JBA at approximately 9:30 PM EST, the President boarded Air Force One, which was hidden inside a hanger instead of being lit up as usual on the tarmac. AF1 was wheels up at 10:08 PM EST with all interior lights off and windows drawn.
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To keep suspicions at bay, the White House scheduled tweets to be sent from the President’s twitter account during the many hours that he did not have access to the internet.
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Sounds like he flew on a C-17 with a comfort pallet, versus the “back-up” VC-25. The VIP 747s that fly as Air Force One are fully equipped with all creature comforts permanently installed
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I like blue leather.
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What was bare bones? The airport?
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the hangar where he spoke
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