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Old 04-28-2009, 12:29 PM   #9
Byrns
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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube View Post
Pretty sad the amount of waste just to update some stock photos of Airforce One.

This whole operation probably cost U.S. taxpayers a few million easily...not to mention the lost millions in worker productivity as workers streamed out of buildings in the middle of the morning workday in panicked droves.
A few million? The fighters are already on patrol over New York and those Air Force pilots need to put in their flight hours either way. Air Force One costs about $70k per hour per hour to run.

That said it was pretty dumb move.
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