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He was neither a presidential acolyte nor a member of any rogue intelligence agency, but simply an ordinary man with a less than ordinary hobby of Plane Spotting. While it was true that there had always been a certain group who tended to look heavenward for POTUS’s coming, the actual truth behind his high altitude discovery was quickly traced to a more mortally-coiled man living in Sheffield, England. However, by the time the wheels of Air Force One touched down in Iraq 14 hours later, the entire world already knew their closely guarded secret. Once the Boeing 747-200 was safely airborne and heading East at 31,000, the Secret Service presumably breathed a collective sigh of relief and congratulated themselves that the clandestine operation was off to a good start. In addition to the press blackout and the furtive late night departure, the Secret Service had also modified the call sign of Air Force One from the standard AF1 to RCH358 which was reserved for more commonplace cargo flights. It was December 2018 and, after weeks of detailed preparations conducted under extreme secrecy, Air Force One was finally in the air and carrying the Commander-In-Chief to a secret Christmas dinner with US troops based in Iraq.