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Bush's secret mission: to visit the troops in Iraq for Thanksgiving. Transportation: Air Force One.
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[@firstlast9731]

That civilian pilot must be shocked and speechless after learning he was staring at a top secret mission with his bare eyes.

[@amernhoa.q2545]

After eleven years, KZbin recommended me this video

[@Grumbo991]

Saaaamme

[@lehreitany]

Same mate

[@invalid.1143]

Hehehe same here

[@nicholasbautz3764]

Same

[@sp1dey207]

Saaaaame

[@gurmanbrar8048]

Mission was so secret that youtube recommended me this video now

[@Holyorderofkeith_053]

It was Classified back then when it happened but not now. Bush ant the president anymore

[@Joshilini]

Haha, good old England nearly blowing the entire mission.

[@timonraccoon]

Hahahaha

[@kevin48800]

how they suppose to know who was on the jet

[@bengalshead]

This guy is an og

[@saifalam2030]

Haha America never won an war without Europe. And how comes the whole secret service wasn't aware about the mission but England was. Don't get me wrong I am getting the vibe when someone blame other while it was their responsibility

[@discobriscoe5880]

@@saifalam2030 there isn’t much the uk security services don’t know. Most of America’s signal intelligence is passed through the UK first

[@Brassard1985]

“That could have been a reason to terminate that pilo.. I mean the operation”

[@aorusaki]

Underrated comment

[@mvretro2148]

They couldn’t cause Britain would be very upset 🤷‍♂️

[@AngryitNerd]

@@mvretro2148 cant be upset if pilot never existed =D

[@luismaldonado8944]

Oh the video quality in the early 2000's. Memories. Wow I'm 25 now and to be honest, I miss that quality.

[@hermanuslinssen]

I am also 25 and i feel the same way

[@mohamedayyadi9098]

I know exactly what you mean

[@elirhines2811]

im only 16 but same the old timey like tv look will be missed

[@Ketannabis]

I was just thinking this

[@doctorfraser]

Bruhh I'm 25 too and i feel ya 😂🥺

[@robtokios9356]

KZbin two presidents later “hey wanna see bush fly to Iraq “

[@analara9872]

Now its three president later

[@belkYT]

This was made when Bush was still President, so 3

[@rielirudy4825]

Why only me after 12 years

[@samypons3185]

😹

[@rc9597]

😂😂😂

[@ClickBoom290]

Pilot "Hey ATC I think I just crossed by a 747 that looked like Air Force One, not a Gulfstream as indicated." ATC "that was a Gulfstream" Pilot Frodo "All right, then. Keep your secrets."

[@LuaiGhazali]

Then a courageous Iraqi journalist threw his shoes on Bush’s face.

[@AA-bz1pr]

Stupid*

[@thenoblepoptart]

He said they tortured him for 10 months after that, wild stuff. The devil must have warned George Bush at the last minute before he got smacked by those shoes.

[@AA-bz1pr]

@@thenoblepoptart Source please

[@thenoblepoptart]

@@AA-bz1pr Al-Zaidi, the guy who threw the shoes himself said it. We see him in footage getting badly beaten right after the incident, but I don’t know if he was telling the truth about the torture or not. He claimed the torturing immobilized his right arm, but in a wiretapped phone call from prison he told his brother “thank god I am in good health”, so you be the judge I guess. Much worse things have been done to people who were completely innocent of wrongdoing by US or US allied “interrogators” (Abu Ghraib, Khaled el-Masri, CIA black site in Thailand, ETC)

[@shawnmurphy2047]

Too bad it was not a brick

[@NkrumahTure]

That is the most secure plane in existence. I wouldn't have a problem of knowing the landing will be a safe one after a flight.

[@dpm-jt8rj]

I know NatGeo has/had a much longer documentary on this mission, does anyone know what the link is for that video? I have tried everyway I can think of to find it, was it taken down?

[@vctor6768]

Or at least the name of the documentary

[@YoungMulaBabies]

I know it's late but the documentary is called On Board Air Force One

[@rahimlashari1562]

Wow, we can only imagine what else you can do secretly.

[@Cian_]

This happened to Trump on Air Force One in December 2018. It was flying over Sheffield, England on a covert flight to Iraq when a plane spotter spotted the 747 in the sky and snapped a picture of it. It was posted on social media and the Secret Service were unaware their cover was blown until they touched down in Baghdad.

[@dchang11]

I remember waking up seeing this on the news. Best Thanksgiving story ever.

[@petronasken7504]

Once you responded to that pilot that that 747 was a gulfstream he knew you were trying to be under cover

[@l5andPregnant]

100%, that pilot knew what was going on and kept his mouth shut.

[@shuki1]

@@l5andPregnant, I doubt the pilot knew 'what was going on' or the true destination, though it would be great to dig him up and get his version.

[@vctor6768]

I also felt he didn't know what was going on ,just a person maybe who doesn't want to argue alot.

[@gameofthrones2890]

Once a legend said, A Million Iraqis are dead, because you lied.

[@UBtt]

I'm also here after watching that video

[@ihdiadgdhwbad1]

Ironically, my dad fleed Iraq during saddams regime, he literally celebrated the invasion thinking it'll all not go wrong. Unfortunately, someone named Paul Bremer decided to dispand the Iraqi army and also remove all ba'athist governors, even the CIA warned him, he didn't listen, Yikes.

[@ck1film]

DAMN I wanna see the rest of it!

[@bossmadammoose1948]

Me too

[@rgxtdm1141]

Sem where do I find the rest of it?

[@garyinspringhill8175]

Like the old saying "The murderer always returns to the scene of the crime"!!

[@Group_Anonymous]

I’m surprised he didn’t dress himself up in a combat uniform 😂😂😂

[@jayinvestments163]

🤣🤣🤣

[@daktarioskarvannederhosen2568]

Lolz

[@mysteriousvagabond7786]

Killer of millon of innocent people.

[@SupaEMT134]

*Where's the rest of the story??*

[@kwikrakz3567]

9/11

[@abinthomas3673]

Do watch documentary on air force one

[@patmarkus5569]

@@kwikrakz3567 yup

[@Brandon-fr9nl]

That flight alone could’ve brought back 1000 soldiers lol

[@macheleddy3062]

Seriously! KZbin had to recommend this after 11 years?

[@myredeemerlives7302]

I just like how this guy said " how do you make the president disappear for a few days " with a straight face. Kind of funny 😄

[@CaptainPikeachu]

They have two planes for emergency cases. Always good to have a backup plan. Marine One helicopter does the same thing.

[@sasankchamarthy5198]

Why not fly on a plane that doesn't has "I carry the President" sign

[@erichhartmann1]

Air Force One has all the required defence systems to keep the president safe. Had he been flying on maybe a Gulfstream per say, if it was discovered he was on it, he would no longer be nearly as safe. The 747 is also meant to be an office in the sky for the president which he would have likely needed on a 3 day mission.

[@taleenjameel3161]

@@erichhartmann1 ya but what if it was airforce one just not painted as one?

[@erichhartmann1]

@@taleenjameel3161 Repainting a 747 costs around $200,000. To have a second 747 (VC-25) not painted in the Air Force One colours would be a whole different story. With all of its modifications, the airplane costed the Pentagon $5.2B so to buy another one would be absurd for a sole secret mission. This was also done right after 9/11 - there wasn't time for a new program to be set in place for a single secret flight.

[@heatherlynsey3092]

Cause Air Force one can blow someone out of the sky, a regular 747 cannot 🤣

[@PaulMackUnitedCoachways]

Yeah right... The electronic counter measures cost 1/3 as much as the plane. Living near Andrews AFB....watching the plane practing evasive manuevers. These are some of the best pilots in the world putting on a show. A 747.......banking and climbing like a fighter jet. IMPRESSIVE. VERY IMPRESSIVE.

[@TheMyKillClan]

dude gets so much hate but history will know show him greatly. he was amazing

[@megga0]

That Guy :D this guy started 2 wars. That’s why he gets the hate.

[@_Tovar_]

That Guy :D he couldve done something about the market crash of 08 but wait he didnt. Another reason why people dislike him

[@sowinski4]

That Guy :Dude, he is SO perverted it is not funny. And have you seen his BEHAVIOR at a funeral?

[@lifelover7198]

Amazing criminal .killer.robbery in name of dammed democrasy

[@thebadguy616]

@@megga0 I'm confused I thought 9/11 started the wars in the middle East. You know when thousands of Americans were killed... Or are you too young to remember?

[@prunesnjuice3945]

Great documentary. Very insightful and touching.

[@Iconhulk]

Lol.. He caused 9/11.. Black Flag Operation smmfh When it looks like they attack you no need to get permission from Congress.. To protect his father's poppy fields.. Plus Oil.

[@themanshake3939]

Covid-19

[@bennnnn264]

@@themanshake3939 ?

[@drtijothomas]

Now I see where designated Survivor S3 got its inspiration from

[@dangerproductions4040]

After 12 years youtube recommended this video to me. Awesome.

[@nickdawn3985]

Bah where is the rest of the video..

[@yosasworld]

Thanks for the recommendation KZbin after 12 years.

[@osmanismail21]

War criminal 👎🏾

[@german_boy815]

I saw this video 10 years ago it gave me goosebumps i just wanted to see it again and noticed that there is a bit missing from the original version like 10 min worth ? Is it ever going to be back online ?

[@Ironpancakemoose]

Cant wait to see the follow up documentary on Bidens visit to Kiev

[@BKetch]

Search On Board Air Force One 4 of 5 for the rest.

[@robertmcqueen289]

Great video, apart from you ended it too early. Air force one did a dark landing on that secret trip. An event which is rarely seen.

[@AP-275]

After eleven years, KZbin recommends me this video?

[@MelodyOfVision]

So he can spend Thanksgiving with the troops.

[@petermaina1837]

Where to find the full documentary

[@mohamednagi3557]

Cowards and criminals do it secretly not the true and brave ones

[@mael2839]

If he had told the world then that would just put American soldiers at risk without a logical and good reason.

[@elyasa123]

Am I the only one to find out that there are 2 presidential planes?

[@inmateelvis4622]

It's not really a secret, just have to watch any documentary about AF1 to know that there are multiples.

[@nczioox1116]

Makes sense because if one is in the shop the other is good to go

[@Y.N.T_Jordan]

Yea that second one always be at our airport in Charleston, SC at the joint base

[@rebeccarebecca2817]

It 's you i love Collin Mark Tillman.

[@boredomindex3353]

The warmonger wanted to see his own destruction

[@laker4life36]

2003: a good time to live. My childhood!

[@hedgehogcoasters7239]

Plot twist: bush forgot to buy a turkey for Laura, and by the time George got to the store, there were no more turkeys. He wanted turkey on Thanksgiving, but he also didn't want Laura to get made, and the rest is history

[@hedgehogcoasters7239]

@@Random13Guy Do I know you?

[@mrosen3293]

defiantly a guy with a good heart

[@bw_l560]

Do some research on the Iraq war... war based on false premises, prisoners humiliated, and tons of civilians dead.

[@coveyssteve]

@@bw_l560 do some research on Saddam Hussein. Your perception is false, and you have no sense of balance. Political bias should not interfere with objectivity, though it certainly seems to be doing so in your case.

[@chinavirus841]

@@coveyssteve do your research on CIA and your perception is false and you have no sense of balance

[@madmo9399]

@@coveyssteve U just hurt my hesd

[@ryanmarlin2974]

@@coveyssteve do some research on George bush, lmao. You invaded for oil, just admit it.

[@issacm2837]

12 years later and now it gets recommended

[@adriannewey8171]

Me to

[@nodical802]

One pilots curiosity could’ve ended the entire government’s mission?? It’s that easy??

[@megaraph5551]

How do you hide a huge plane with a distinct livery that is only associated with POTUS then?

[@Govuk-bs1vf]

I hope live in usa 💜

[@girlgonewild439]

Want to see the full story!

[@sportive_69]

Me too

[@dilligaf4219]

Me three

[@ns7353]

Me 5ive

[@TheseRightHereBitch]

Me six

[@zr4775]

Me seven

[@PresidentGeorgeWBush-vf8yi]

I remember this.

[@jonnnyren6245]

This is the federal government's version of sneaking to the kitchen in the middle of the night for a midnight snack. 😂

[@RobTheTrucker]

"Bush's Secret Visit to Iraq" - probably went looking for wmd

[@Brassard1985]

Probably didn’t find any

[@Brassard1985]

@Skskskksjss Laoxjnend nope.

[@mikegreenguitar]

lol'd

[@dadreiantennyson4489]

Whats wmd

[@RobTheTrucker]

@@dadreiantennyson4489 "Weapons of Mass Destruction"

[@wajihshah112]

It was rich and stable country.. World was sleeping and no one talk about Iraq..

[@zainfarooq5248]

This is how the president of a more powerful country travels

[@unknowuser4302]

I assume u have forgotten there is another powerful then him thats allah

[@myristicina.]

@@unknowuser4302 😐

[@NATEFLIX3000]

@@unknowuser4302 Allah is a child molester

[@Sumit-zu3bs]

These are real decorator on earth

[@warldorwessarnoelt3936]

Now that’s one of the reason why I love America!

[@yasirmz9]

After twelve years this video recommended for me

[@ravinvaland8525]

After twelve years youtube recommend me this video

[@mq46312]

A country he attacked for reasons we still don't understand.

[@Danny-ki6ud]

That Gulfstream pilot was shot down and never heard from again.

[@garymclaughin]

Thanks again for sharing.

[@foodreview50]

where is the next video?? i thought it not finished yet right??

[@chrisfinta4941]

GOD BLESS AIR FORCE ONE 😘

[@creman12]

Fighting for wars to favor greedy corporations

[@Haylem]

England: Hey Mate USA: mind your business

[@blockmore1]

Just few months ago this video had 134k views, how did this blew up that fast

[@allgood6760]

Awesome stuff! ✈️

[@hendy266]

Very intelligent Momi. Tell Al Franken I said hi when you're shinnig his shoes...duechebag!

[@islamhe530]

youtube recommend me this after 14 years old :O

[@PripurnanandaGiri-dl5gf]

Thanks.

[@chrisczajasager]

and the folks elected him twice. Awesome....

[@kgb1632]

Wow 13 years later

[@seekingjesus2181]

To bring OBAMA back that was the fucking mission

[@nikhildeore5538]

Where do I find the complete video?

[@afgrocks123]

wow. nice vid. where is part two, i want more lol

[@johnmelhuish6103]

mom: where have you been? me: ummmmmmmm

[@tylerjoyce2884]

12 years later in my feed

[@kokonana4086]

That British pilot is hella observant. In the game of secrecy, the Brits are pretty spot-on.

[@uncovidvaxxforthestrongand3582]

they got big mouths

[@Me_AkashJadhav]

Video after 13 years on my timeline

[@danieldevine]

upload this in HD plz

[@haninditabudhi6574]

Are u here bcs of the YT recommendation? 😂

[@shaunl446]

Bush was a class act president who truly loved his country

[@holeefuk6087]

he loves money and lies

[@kalel311superman9]

i remember hearing about this

[@KernCountyTransparency]

I Remember This Day! :0

[@JL-ei7hy]

i have to thank youtube that they recommend this in 2020

[@carlk1994]

He is a REAL President compared to cadet bone spurs.

[@CraftyZanTub]

My cactus is a better president than Cadet Bone Spurs!

[@مهندالأسد-ه8م]

She is pitch crimenal Dirty dog

[@مهندالأسد-ه8م]

@@CraftyZanTub He was killer hummnty in the word kill every thing and destroy every thing must killed every one like him to rescue peopels from this killer

[@Charlie-uz8vb]

You ain't a real president until you start a war - Carl K

[@rashastar1020]

I was at my age of 7 when that happened i used to see the rockets launched to Baghdad made the sky bright in the very dark nights

[@dan6871]

Scumbag got us into a needless war

[@mustafadollar6528]

قناة بيها الاذكياء لذالك يعرفون مصلحه الشعب والكوكب وين 👌❤️😘🇺🇲❤️

[@krishnasunny5956]

Wow super

[@e55amgkomp]

I'm surprised..most officers I know wouldn't start out with:"You idiot"..I come from a long line that were in the military (Grandfather in the infantry WW1 in France & Germany, uncles:1) a Marine killed at Iwo Jima..2) a sailor that was on a ship that was sank by a U-Boat in the North Atlantic (he was one of only a few survivors (had a metal plate in his head), 3) a Korean War vet.4) a Vietnam vet..my dad was a Marine in the late 40s & he also trained Air Force recruits during peacetime..

[@YokoshimaOfficial]

People believe what they want to believe and ignore the negative facts..

[@ravichandel8690]

but why secret visit

[@hamuera9639]

Ravi Chandel smh assanation maybe?

[@rotimioluwa5209]

We need the full video please

[@CaptainPikeachu]

He was acting like any president during times of crisis and war have acted. Maybe if you actually go study some history then you'd realize that past presidents have done the same as Bush. His secrecy is not paranoia, it's a smart move that minimizes the chances of things go wrong. And he wouldn't be the first president to do that either.

[@gagannaik5688]

After 12 years KZbin recommended me 😂

[@wesbervig1272]

By doing what Bush is doing he is putting a lot of lives at risk, BEGINNING WITH HIS OWN.

[@Splursy]

This could of ended up a movie if this want the other direction

[@looncraz]

@hectorsalinasisback Anyone who is a member of the Council of Foreign Relations will have the same goals as the remainder - with a few variations here and there, naturally...