9/19/2023 0 Comments Love letter air force 1![]() The IATA/IACO airline codes are for groups of airlines or planes being flown by a single entity - not just one particular airplane. Although your question isn't centered around air traffic controllers, there is a parallel which could be used to better draw out your question.Unlike American Airlines (AA), or Southwest (NW), I don't know that Air Force One would actually have such a coding for itself. I think I see your question a bit better. One of the very few perks of living very VERY close to a decent sized airport. and thanks to the winds of the day, she approached over my house. It was quite a thrill to listen in on my scanner and hear AF1 get called in range, then cleared on the approach and finally to land. (Here's more video and more video about it.)When Obama flew in to my local airport last fall, they indeed were using the callsign Air Force One. Thankfully the other pilot got the message and played along (*or genuinely believed that he didn't just see AF1). Quite the fascinating lengths they needed to go through in order to assure his safety on the trip - must have been quite an exhilarating trip! The subterfuge was needed in this particular case in 2003 where pure secrecy was paramount. Bush's November 2003 Thanksgiving Trip to Baghdad. We are a Gulfstream IV." They don't like to advertise.That was during Pres. aside from the obvious nature of the government not wanting to document too much when it comes to the flight operations of the President of the United States, of course!)Ī few years back, a commercial pilot reported (here, I think) that he'd seen a powder-blue 747 on a trans-atlantic run. (or Marine 1, or Navy 1, etc.)-Greg( I'm not military authority - this just seems like the logical explanation for it. Just as you won't find military training or active duty flight callsigns documented on the ICAO/IATA lists, you won't find Air Force 1. AMC flies frequent missions to civilian and joint-use airports, and as such is probably graced with a more official ICAO/IATA callsign. When Obama flew in to my area last fall, his support C-17's were indeed callsigned with the "Reach" prefix. Air Force One is a mission callsign like "Ghostrider" in the Top Gun movies as opposed to an airline or fixed operator callsign such as "United" or "Speedbird" (British Airways), or "Southwest".The "Reach" series of callsigns are used by AMC for their heavy-lift cargo airplanes, and are likely documented as they will fly an awful lot of civilian style flights in support of various causes. It's much like the mission callsigns of current military aviation training and active-duty flights. You may have to select a menu option or click a button.Presidential flights do not have an official ICAO/IATA callsign.
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