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Re:America desperately needs more air traffic controllers by Octoth0rpe on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @04:35PM (#42939143)
> Wouldn't it be great if Air Force One was stranded because of this.

I was under the impression that AF1 flew in/out of Andrews air force base, which I (possibly naively?) assumed did not use civilian ATC. But yes, that would be great :)

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Re:America desperately needs more air traffic controllers by ianburrell on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @04:57PM (#42939489)
The US air space is civilian ATC. Air Force One couldn't go anywhere if the area control and destination airport were down.
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Re:America desperately needs more air traffic controllers by Octoth0rpe on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @06:44PM (#42941005)
Thank you for the info, TIL!
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Re:America desperately needs more air traffic controllers by varloid on Thursday February 06, 2025 @03:58AM (#42960480)
https://123atc.com/facility/ADW
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