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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk
When it is secret. Bush flew to Iraq under secrecy. I would say call sign Venus 28 or 29. He had a flight plan booked for a 737 and different tail number. However, the aircraft was not a 737 and had yet a different tail number. It was never called Air Force One.
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Good point and I will grant you that one mission where they deliberately used a phony call sign for OPSEC.
Good catch.
There are, however, other instances that don't require phony call signs for the POTUS but also don't involve the call sign Air Force One.