Last Time Singaporeans Mostly Did Bird-Watching; Now We Get To Do Trump And Kim Plane-Spotting Get them binoculars ready. When US President Donald Trump arrives in Singapore for the Trump-Kim summit on 12 June, we’re likely to see the real Air Force One – plus a decoy plane. Air Force One is the code name for the plane that carries the US President. The decoy Air Force One will fly past Singapore and will probably land in Japan. Fancy measures For security reasons, decoy flights are sometimes used when US Presidents visit other countries. And for good measure, the airport which the President will be landing in may only be confirmed within an hour of landing. Traffic controllers won’t know in advance whether the 45th President will be landing in Seletar, Paya Lebar or Changi. It is said that when ex-President Barack Obama arrived in Singapore in 2009, the final destination changed from Changi Airport to Paya Lebar Airbase just 45 minutes before landing. This prompted someone to speculate in jest that since we’re so unclear of the location, Yishun might just be on the cards too. Source Still more planes According to Politico, many more planes are involved in […]
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