Air Force 3? 4? 5?

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