The story goes that Air Force One was over the UK a few years ago and called up a USAF base
“Requesting Radar”.
“What is you position?” asked ATC
“You got radar you find us” Air Force One replied.
After a few minutes ATC announced “Air Force One we’re changing frequency”
“What frequency are you changing to?” asked Air Force One
“You’ve got 720 channels – you find us!” ATC replied.
You are repeating yourself…
That must have been some tuned-up-power radio equipment, if the VHF transmission was clearly heard in the US from the UK..
also, I would assume, when AF1 is flying, the whole freaking airspace becomes prohibited.. should be easy enough to identify the only plane in the area 🙂
das not af1 in the photo? af1 is a 747
ah its the old af1 I see
I worked on that bird- there’s no way they would be unprofessional on the radio- ever. AF1 is not ONE plane. The VC137 pictured was one of several, replaced by two 747’s. AF1 is the call sign of any plane upon which the president flies.