A likely reason for the plane swap: a credible threat against POTUS in Turkey. I think the new 747-8 from Qatar did not have LAIRCM installed yet. Meant to defeat IR guided missiles that includes manpads. Another one of my toys. The aircraft probably already has RFCM. But that is a lower threat in a friendly country.
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Or, maybe he was on neither, or he was on the one he didn't want enemies to know, or maybe........
Yeah, probably best to be in a the back seat of a fighter.
I agree.
My assumption also, but assumed it was fully equipped with everything the former Air Force One had MOAR...🤔
Good info. That makes sense, given all the black market weapons being sold out of Ukraine by those thieves.