They're playing for keeps boys and girls.
NIGHT76 took and headed in the general direction of Barksdale AFB, LA….then…turned towards NORAD Cheyenne Mtn, Colorado Springs, CO…then…at the last minute made a hard right north for Stratcom HQ, Offutt AFB, Omaha, NE.
Safely on the ground.
All of those bases have strategic nuclear command and control capability and hardened underground facilities.
Not using AF1 has important security benefits in a domestic threat environment…AF1 is basically a plush E4B. In a war, you can do away with plush if you're the general. Especially if plush may have been comp'd.
We are in live fire mode. Expect anything!