Air Force 3? 4? 5?

"Merlin Dorfman" wrote in message
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Please see http://mdorfman.home.netcom.com/737-800-1.jpg and
http://mdorfman.home.netcom.com/737-800-2.jpg.
These were taken at Wellington Airport, New Zealand, on March
10. Sorry, they are the best I could do from an airplane window at
that distance. It is a Boeing 737-800 (with winglets) in the same
paint scheme as Air Force 1 & 2.
I was not aware of this model 737 until then, though in the
following days I flew on some Qantas versions. (That's how I know
they are designated 737-800.) How many does the Air Force have?
Are all of them VIP transports? And any idea what VIP(s) might have
been in Wellington on March 10?

Admiral Thomas Fargo, commander of the United States Pacific Command, was in
town.
http://tinyurl.com/ypzsp
Flying in one of these?
http://www.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?fsID=189

Richard (rlmccannathotmail.com) wrote:

: "Merlin Dorfman" wrote in message
: ...
:
: Please see http://mdorfman.home.netcom.com/737-800-1.jpg and
: http://mdorfman.home.netcom.com/737-800-2.jpg.
: These were taken at Wellington Airport, New Zealand, on March
: 10. Sorry, they are the best I could do from an airplane window at
: that distance. It is a Boeing 737-800 (with winglets) in the same
: paint scheme as Air Force 1 & 2.
: I was not aware of this model 737 until then, though in the
: following days I flew on some Qantas versions. (That's how I know
: they are designated 737-800.) How many does the Air Force have?
: Are all of them VIP transports? And any idea what VIP(s) might have
: been in Wellington on March 10?
:
: Admiral Thomas Fargo, commander of the United States Pacific Command, was in
: town.
: http://tinyurl.com/ypzsp
: Flying in one of these?
: http://www.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?fsID=189

Thanks for all the replies. Clearly the same plane, though I
was not close enough to read the tail number.
I also verified that it was the USS Higgins that I saw in Sydney
harbor:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2004/03/mil-040309-c7f01.htm
Has New Zealand been participating in the Iraq war?

"Merlin Dorfman" wrote in message
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Richard (rlmccannathotmail.com) wrote:

: "Merlin Dorfman" wrote in message
: ...
:
: Please see http://mdorfman.home.netcom.com/737-800-1.jpg and
: http://mdorfman.home.netcom.com/737-800-2.jpg.
: These were taken at Wellington Airport, New Zealand, on March
: 10. Sorry, they are the best I could do from an airplane window at
: that distance. It is a Boeing 737-800 (with winglets) in the same
: paint scheme as Air Force 1 & 2.
: I was not aware of this model 737 until then, though in the
: following days I flew on some Qantas versions. (That's how I know
: they are designated 737-800.) How many does the Air Force have?
: Are all of them VIP transports? And any idea what VIP(s) might have
: been in Wellington on March 10?
:
: Admiral Thomas Fargo, commander of the United States Pacific Command,
was in
: town.
: http://tinyurl.com/ypzsp
: Flying in one of these?
: http://www.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?fsID=189

Thanks for all the replies. Clearly the same plane, though I
was not close enough to read the tail number.
I also verified that it was the USS Higgins that I saw in Sydney
harbor:

http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...il-040309-c7f0
1.htm
Has New Zealand been participating in the Iraq war?

We weren't involved in shooting the place up but are helping rebuild with
UN. Our SAS have been chasing Osama alongside US, Aussie & other troops in
Afghanistan.

On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 20:16:23 +1200, "Richard" rlmccannathotmail.com wrote:


"Merlin Dorfman" wrote in message
...
Richard (rlmccannathotmail.com) wrote:

: "Merlin Dorfman" wrote in message
: ...
:
: Please see http://mdorfman.home.netcom.com/737-800-1.jpg and
: http://mdorfman.home.netcom.com/737-800-2.jpg.
: These were taken at Wellington Airport, New Zealand, on March
: 10. Sorry, they are the best I could do from an airplane window at
: that distance. It is a Boeing 737-800 (with winglets) in the same
: paint scheme as Air Force 1 & 2.
: I was not aware of this model 737 until then, though in the
: following days I flew on some Qantas versions. (That's how I know
: they are designated 737-800.) How many does the Air Force have?
: Are all of them VIP transports? And any idea what VIP(s) might have
: been in Wellington on March 10?
:
: Admiral Thomas Fargo, commander of the United States Pacific Command,
was in
: town.
: http://tinyurl.com/ypzsp
: Flying in one of these?
: http://www.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?fsID=189

Thanks for all the replies. Clearly the same plane, though I
was not close enough to read the tail number.
I also verified that it was the USS Higgins that I saw in Sydney
harbor:

http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...il-040309-c7f0
1.htm
Has New Zealand been participating in the Iraq war?

We weren't involved in shooting the place up but are helping rebuild with
UN. Our SAS have been chasing Osama alongside US, Aussie & other troops in
Afghanistan.

Except that the UN is not doing any rebuilding in Iraq. NZ has pretty much disarmed
itself.

Al Minyard

Don't need guns to rebuild. Perhaps that's where other countries get
confused.
NZ Defence Forces news:
http://www.nzdf.mil.nz/news/archived...-releases.html
Current deployments:
http://www.nzdf.mil.nz/operations/current-missions.html


http://www.army.mil.nz/?CHANNEL=OPER...Iraq+-+UNMOVIC
Engineers departed NZ 14/11/02. Note references to UN.
http://www.navy.mil.nz/rnzn/article.cfm?Article_ID=1409
Note words such as peacekeeping, peace talks, evacuation. Also note frequent
references to UN. NZ has found other ways to help world peace rather than
blowing everyone/thing up.

"Alan Minyard" wrote in message
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On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 20:16:23 +1200, "Richard" rlmccannathotmail.com
wrote:


"Merlin Dorfman" wrote in message
...
Richard (rlmccannathotmail.com) wrote:

: "Merlin Dorfman" wrote in message
: ...
:
: Please see http://mdorfman.home.netcom.com/737-800-1.jpg and
: http://mdorfman.home.netcom.com/737-800-2.jpg.
: These were taken at Wellington Airport, New Zealand, on March
: 10. Sorry, they are the best I could do from an airplane window at
: that distance. It is a Boeing 737-800 (with winglets) in the same
: paint scheme as Air Force 1 & 2.
: I was not aware of this model 737 until then, though in the
: following days I flew on some Qantas versions. (That's how I know
: they are designated 737-800.) How many does the Air Force have?
: Are all of them VIP transports? And any idea what VIP(s) might
have
: been in Wellington on March 10?
:
: Admiral Thomas Fargo, commander of the United States Pacific Command,
was in
: town.
: http://tinyurl.com/ypzsp
: Flying in one of these?
: http://www.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?fsID=189

Thanks for all the replies. Clearly the same plane, though I
was not close enough to read the tail number.
I also verified that it was the USS Higgins that I saw in Sydney
harbor:


http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...mil-040309-c7f
0
1.htm
Has New Zealand been participating in the Iraq war?

We weren't involved in shooting the place up but are helping rebuild with
UN. Our SAS have been chasing Osama alongside US, Aussie & other troops
in
Afghanistan.

Except that the UN is not doing any rebuilding in Iraq. NZ has pretty much
disarmed
itself.

Al Minyard

On Fri, 2 Apr 2004 08:17:56 +1200, "Richard" rlmccannathotmail.com wrote:

Don't need guns to rebuild. Perhaps that's where other countries get
confused.
NZ Defence Forces news:
http://www.nzdf.mil.nz/news/archived...-releases.html
Current deployments:
http://www.nzdf.mil.nz/operations/current-missions.html


http://www.army.mil.nz/?CHANNEL=OPER...Iraq+-+UNMOVIC
Engineers departed NZ 14/11/02. Note references to UN.
http://www.navy.mil.nz/rnzn/article.cfm?Article_ID=1409
Note words such as peacekeeping, peace talks, evacuation. Also note frequent
references to UN. NZ has found other ways to help world peace rather than
blowing everyone/thing up.


They simply hide behind Australia's skirts. Sad, really, NZ once had some
backbone. NZ is not "rebuilding" Iraq, and neither is the UN.

72 "troops" is a joke.

Al Minyard

They simply hide behind Australia's skirts. Sad, really, NZ once had some backbone.

They love to admit huge numbers of the most radical of Muslim
"Refugees" too. 'Can't wait to watch the soft, spineless, pudgy
little white things getting thoroughly reamed when the balloon goes
up. What a pleasure.

G

"Alan Minyard" wrote in message
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They simply hide behind Australia's skirts. Sad, really, NZ once had some
backbone. NZ is not "rebuilding" Iraq, and neither is the UN.

72 "troops" is a joke.

Al Minyard

They have been restoring water supply systems. Why is that not rebuilding?
What is the minimum number to have an effect?
Or is this more "If you are not with us, then you are against us" crap.