Question for the planefags.
Can anyone verify what the callsign was for POTUS when he “left office” on January 20, 2021?
If POTUS had AF1 still on the way home it would be very interesting. Was it a SAM callsign?
From wiki…
“ After a presidential inauguration resulting in a change in office, the outgoing president is provided transport on a VC-25 aircraft to their home destination. The aircraft for this flight does not use the Air Force One call sign because it is not carrying the president in office. For both Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, the flight was known as Special Air Mission 28000, where the number represents the aircraft's tail number.”