I know. And if they really didn't use the callsign, it still wouldn't conclusively mean anything.... but on a routine CONUS flight like this, it would be really really odd not to use it. I'm an airline pilot now, and I flew in the military for 12 years prior. I've flown cabinet members and worked with the squadron that flies AF1 very closely, as well as Marine 1. And out of all of the crumbs of evidence and puzzle pieces out there, this is a pretty significant one to me.
I know. And if they really didn't use the callsign, it still wouldn't conclusively mean anything.... but on a routine CONUS flight like this, it would be really really odd not to use it. I'm an airline pilot now, and I flew in the military for 12 years prior. I've flown cabinet members and worked with the squadron that flies AF1 very closely, as well as Marine 1. And out of all of the crumbs of evidence and puzzle pieces out there, this is a pretty significant one to me.
Yeah, routinely. Unless they had a reason not to. But they published the dang schedule in advance, so it doesn't seem like they would want to hide it.