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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I doubt there was a VIP on board ever.  And I doubt that the helicopter took off from Langley.

On day 1, Hangover Hesgeth said it was a continuity of government training exercise.  It took off from Belvoir or Bolling and went to Mt. Weather.  In order to prevent having the route monitored, they turned the transponder off when they got (initially) to Langley.  On the way back they turned the transponder on when they got to Langley so as to be seen by ATC when they re-entered airspace used by DCA.  No VIP.  Simple.

Why would a training flight have a VIP onboard?  Waste of time for the VIP and training missions carrying an actual VIP are no longer training missions.

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JFC. Because they routinely use return flights from dropping off VIPs to knock out their needed training hours. And because of the call sign (of the flight, not the physical helicopter).

Why comment if you don’t read?[/quote]

The call sign comes from the command not the occupant.  Thisisn't an Air Force 1 or Marine 1 type situation.

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DP here. It’s almost worse if there was no VIP. It was a terrible, horrible (and ultimately fatal) idea to run a “training” mission like this through busy class B at night with no other purpose. To me that is just a criminal as a mystery VIP. Either way, the military is at fault.[/quote]

For many reasons, cease Army black hawk pilots. Use Air Force or navy ones only. [/quote]

Name the reasons. What is your background in this? [/quote]

Academy grad pilot family. Ask anyone in the military to compare AF, navy/marines, army training, hours and specialties of who’s piloting a heavy or fighter or helo.
Reserves are risky too.

Compare it to the ongoing and full time IDF training as well. [/quote]

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