How high does Air Force One fly, and why is it not surrounded by fighter jets?

how high does Air Force One fly, and why is it not surrounded

Jianq Shi
It doesn’t fly very high. It just hides in plain sight.

Just like the presidential movements on the ground, details of the flight are kept extremely confidential. No cock-ups or potential risks from flying in disputed airspace can be taken. Depending on the nature of the trip or the course of its journey, nearby friendly air assets are on short-notice and always available to provide support, besides the regular re-fueling operations.
For instance, in 2003, then President George W. Bush wanted to make a surprise visit to Iraq on Thanksgiving day to see the American troops. Obviously, this had to be a covert operation. The trip came during a month where more than 60 American troops were killed there, many of them in helicopter crashes. As such, Air Force One was flying as a Gulfstream aircraft with its transponder code changed. No one on the ground knew about it. However, in case of a rogue rocket or chanced missile carrier, the plane also carries the regular ECM or chaff to protect itself.

Carl Brown
It has it's own full defence system on board, including the sort of setup you'd find on an AWACS Oracle plane. Not to mention it is dolly connected to the ground by way of a closed circuit hi speed satellite internet connection, giving everyone on board full WiFi privileges but, EVERY single thing you send, read and receive is logged and automatically scanned for certain information at all times for security reasons obviously. And then its hull can withstand a nuclear blast, and if needs be, alert five rapid response fighter jets are available for the entirety of the time it is in the air, and in the HIGHLY unlikely event that rapid deployment alert five fighters aren't available over a certain area for whatever reason, then fighters are scrambled to fly escort but, at a controlled distance so it doesn't bring attention to itself. If you saw a Jumbo Jet and it was blue and white and it had at least two fighters flanking it, that would be a huge giveaway and an incredible security risk. The Fighters when on escort duty would more than likely fly higher and behind the plane at all times they are on escort duty. And then the plane itself also includes, radar jamming and other self protection electronic warfare devices on board and the availability of Chaffs and other anti. missile technology available.

michael baker
after it takes off they engage the cloaking device, so it becomes invissble. then they turn it off when they get ready to land!

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