Air Force One Never Travels Alone: This Is What Shadows American Presidents
When American Airlines Flight 292 from New York to New Delhi was diverted to Rome after a bomb threat late last month, a viral picture of the plane being escorted there by an Italian fighter jet made the rounds on social media.
It was a dramatic way to punctuate what was otherwise a sadly routine event: a bomb threat diverting a plane, one that “was determined to be non-credible,” according to Sky News.
🔴 New footage released by the Italian Air Force shows American Airlines flight AA292 being escorted by Eurofighters as it diverts to Rome Fiumicino due to a reported bomb threat. The flight was en route from New York JFK to Delhi. pic.twitter.com/yyNOAvZ1d7
— Airways Magazine (@airwaysmagazine) February 23, 2025
With footage like this and the exponentially greater importance of keeping Air Force One safe, you might be thinking that the presidential plane is followed by a phalanx of military aircraft.
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