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At HMX, do the VH-3 crews that fly the president fly in their flightsuits? Seems I've seen the pilots once or twice (through the cockpit windows when the president is being filmed embarking/disembarking) and they seem to be in their Khakis.
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The pilots wear their class D blues, which are the khaki shirt with the blue trousers. If you have ever endured driving a car while wearing dress blues, you know why.
The Crew chief wears the full dress blues. He useually does a full preflight in his flight suit and then changes into the uniform. Another mech will do the last minute check, and observe the engine start.
Same goes for the VH-60
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Back to the orgional topic:
My wife asked me something that made me think. She said "Shoud you be puting this information about the Presidential aircraft on the internet?"
I assured her that I had thought about that very question. My rule of thumb is - If I read about it from another public source then I will post it. Obviously, I know more about this subject than I will talk about openly. Although if you know what you are looking for then the secret stuff isn't so secret, and most of it isn't really high tech.
The main thing that needs to be kept secret is the presidents exact travel scheduale. If you pay close attention, you will notice that the media NEVER reports the exact times of his arrivial and departure until after the fact.
In short I ask the Moderators to edit any posts that say something like "Air Force one will be landing at PHX at 1035 tomorow" I have seen this posted on other forums before (A.net I'm talking to you).
It may sound like paranoia, but I don't want some terrorist to know exactly when AF1 will be taking off , so they can be waiting with their stinger in the back of a truck.
On a side note since Clinton was constantly running late this wasn't as much of a concern.