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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why does everyone keep saying this (and other) helicopters come “out of Langley”? Do they mean “CIA Headquarters”?

This confuses me, because I live very, very close to CIA, and almost never see or hear helicopters on the obvious approach/departure paths from the facility. Not only that, but if you look a Google satellite view, there isn’t even a proper helipad there at all. Yes, you can land a chopper in a parking lot, but if there were as many helicopters coming and going from there as you people are implying, there would be a proper helipad, with markings, lights, wind sock and probably a small ramp area with refueling and additional area for several aircraft.

The only helicopter you see on the satellite photos of CIA is the retired Marine One chopper that’s displayed as part of an outdoor lunch spot.

I don’t think a lot of you know what you’re talking about. [/quote]

The helicopter came from Fort Belvoir. It was on a routine training and evaluation mission but its general regular mission is transporting Government VIPs around town to avoid traffic.[/quote]

Yes, I understand that. But why do people here keep saying that helicopters are regularly landing and taking off from “Langley”?

Are they trying to sound like insiders or something? Because it makes them sound dumb to everyone who knows anything about CIA.  [/quote]

NSA types will only mention that they work at Fort Meade. Of course, we know what that means.[/quote]

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