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usmcav8tor wrote:Hello! Today, President Biden visited Colorado and Air Force One landed at DIA. Does anyone know why DIA was chosen despite the fact that there are closer military bases such as Buckley AFB in Aurora? It seems in my opinion that landing at a base would not only be more secure but would logistically make more sense. For instance, when presidents have visited regions like the Bay Area, they typically land at Moffett Federal Airfield (NASA installation, formally NAS Moffett) or they land at Travis AFB in Fairfield.
cpd wrote:
[…]maybe there is a certain image they want to project by going to a particular airport. The President lands at such and such airport and gets good media coverage possibly.
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usmcav8tor wrote:Hello! Today, President Biden visited Colorado and Air Force One landed at DIA. Does anyone know why DIA was chosen despite the fact that there are closer military bases such as Buckley AFB in Aurora? It seems in my opinion that landing at a base would not only be more secure but would logistically make more sense. For instance, when presidents have visited regions like the Bay Area, they typically land at Moffett Federal Airfield (NASA installation, formally NAS Moffett) or they land at Travis AFB in Fairfield.