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As noted further down in the story, "Air Force One" is actually a callsign, not a specific plane. Any plane the president is on is AF1. I get a president having to fly incognito, like when Biden went to Ukraine. But to call something AF1 that *wasn't* AF1 -- AND FOR THAT TO LEAK -- seems bad?

Doing the whole flight with no signal and/or no callsign was an option! That's what they did at earlier stages of the flight. Changing it to AF1 is using the crew, staff members and journalists as bait for the aggressor allegedly making the serious threat.

And later that same evening he seems to enjoy hinting that their lives may have been in danger??? Just so fucking disgusting.

I want to know if the pilot in command knew Trump had left the plane, and I want to know why that pilot added the AF1 callsign midflight. Was s/he instructed to do so, and if so, who instructed him/her?

@acarsdrama.bsky.social posts include Europe.

Were there any ACARS for the flight? That’s different from ATC recordings.

I don’t know, I just know they have a team that pulls various air to ground comms and posts them.

Bottom line: Americans unwittingly became decoys because President Trump wanted to use his new toy in a way it wasn’t meant to be used. Taking the Qatari plane, which hasn’t been equipped for self-defense, to a country that borders Iran was careless and dangerous both to himself and others.