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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs it normal for foreign leaders and their wives to fly on Air Force One ???
Abe and his wife did this weekend, that is why I asked.
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Is it normal for foreign leaders and their wives to fly on Air Force One ??? (Original Post)
SamKnause
Feb 2017
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HipChick
(25,485 posts)1. He'll prob let Putin fly in it...
SamKnause
(13,107 posts)3. Abe and his wife did this weekend, that is why I asked.
lame54
(35,290 posts)9. He'll let him fly it
Jim Beard
(2,535 posts)2. He may even let Putin FLY IT! Give it a test drive back to Russia.
Vinca
(50,273 posts)4. I don't see any problem with it.
Given the nightmare that is Trump, this is nothing whether it's been done before or not.
Generic Brad
(14,275 posts)8. Sure...No one would dream of planting a listening device
teach1st
(5,935 posts)5. Rare, but other world leaders have flown along
According to this 2012 article about David Cameron flying with President Obama
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/shortcuts/2012/mar/12/david-cameron-air-force-one
This article was amended on 14 March 2012 because the original mistakenly said that David Cameron was the only non-US world leader to fly on Air Force One. A version of the following correction appeared in the Guardian's Corrections and clarifications column: "It may be this column is not committing itself quite yet that Britain's prime minister is the first invited aboard the presidential flight by Barack Obama. But others have gone along for the ride with previous presidents. To name two: John Major with Bill Clinton in 1994, and Germany's then chancellor, Helmut Kohl, with Ronald Reagan in 1985.
SamKnause
(13,107 posts)6. Thank you for the information.
nycbos
(6,034 posts)7. It is not unheard of.
What I think is more common is the President of the United States getting on Marine One with a foreign leader and going to Camp David.