Operation Dumb Ass Photos to be Released
During today’s presser at the White House, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said that the Obama administration has decided that it will release the Air Force One photos from Operation Dumb Ass after all.
Not good enough Sparky.
As I suspected in an earlier post, the White House will release the photos and the MSM will dutifully accept that as being open and honest all the while ignoring the real questions.
This is a people issue, not a photo issue. Here is what I’d like to know specifically:
Who was onboard the 747?
Every single person and their specific reason for being there?
A list of every person that visited the 89th Airlift at Andrews AFB during the 72 hours prior to the launch of Operation Dumbass?
If this was a photo op to update photos of Air Force One over NYC or the Statue of Liberty or whatever, then there is a real question about the F16 escort.
Most F16s are single seater aircraft but the F16D (Block 52) and a couple of other very small production variants are two-seaters.
I would like to know who was riding back seat on this trail aircraft (presumably taking these photos). Also, I would like to know if this F16 model is stationed at Andrews AFB and if not, where did it come from?
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COB6…I think that this is just a huge step up for Barney Franks…from basement to a 747. Seriously though,I really doubt we will ever know the facts!
Is that, “OPERATION DUMB ASS”, photos, to be released or
“OPERATION DUMB ASS PHOTOS” to be released?
IMO both are correct.
Just one little nitpick about your post. ALL F-16 B’s and D’s are two seaters. I don’t think there are any B’s in the A.F. or ANG inventory any more though, I believe they are either at the boneyard or went to a foreign Air Force. However, we are still flying Block 30’s, 40’s, 42’s, 50’s, and 52’s. Block 42’s and 52’s have different Pratt and Whitney engines. 30’s, 40’s,have the same GE engine and 50’s have differnet GE engines. There are other differences as well. You usually cannot tell from a flyby what block aircraft it is.
COB6 Wrote: You are correct that the F16-B was a 2 seater. “Was” being the operative word. We sold those world wide so I have no idea where all of those are now but a good catch on your part. We like it here when folks in the know keep us on track.
According to Wikipedia the B, D and F models were all two-seaters
I paid for the Scare Force Two (it wasn’t Air Force One) photo op with my tax money. Why shouldn’t I get to see the pictures I paid for? It would be like hiring a photographer to take my wedding pictures and they decide I shouldn’t see them.
I’d like to also see a picture of a DC ANG 121st Fighter Sqd F-16D with a red tail.
It looked to me like a redtail,which would make it a F-16 from the Alabama ANG, the famed Tuskegee Airmen. just saying.
P.S. do they have any two seaters there?
Yeah, Alabama ANG has C’s and D’s.
The thing is, air traffic was using the DC ANG call sign, and they’ve said the escorting F-16s were from Andrews (DC ANG F-16s are from there). Because it would be stupid to have an AANG bird fly all the way up to New York to escort a VC-25 from Andrews for a photo op.
Of course, I can’t think of anybody besides the Alabama ANG that has a solid red tail.
So, if there isn’t a DC ANG bird with a redtail, they lied about that and used the wrong call sign. And then they have to explain why they needed an 100th FS bird from Montgomery for this op.
I,ll go with what he(spade)said.
Would have to see the tail code. Air Force tail codes are usually pretty straight forward, the Navy is harder to figure out without a little more knowledge. All squadrons have at least one two seater, some have two but it’s rare. A two seater can’t carry as much gas.