[MilCom] This Just In! /Terrorists Monitoring?

[Ken]

Just an update.. Apparently news sources are now saying that there was 
"deception" and other security methods employed for this top secrect visit. 
Iraq officials were only told when the president was only 5 minutes from 
landing (it's unclear whether the 5 minutes were from the helo landing or 
aircraft landing at the airport, but a good guess is it was the helo 
landing)   .  The NBC news video only shows him in a helicopter (unclear as 
to whether it's a CH47 or CH53) but their was a machine gunner in the back 
door that was partially opened.  I would imagine that it was an in country 
asset with no special markings.

What I find interesting is at least what's shown publically, the insurgents 
don't appear to have any radio scanners in their possession when found, BUT 
it difficult to believe that they don't have access to this technology.

I would guess that much of the Iraq area  military aero radio transmissions 
are now also encrypted!

Ken



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken" <rfinder1 at verizon.net>
To: "Steve Douglass" <webbfeat at 1s.net>; <milcom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 5:09 PM
Subject: Re: [MilCom] This Just In!


> Some European "sources" indicated that the AF 1 callsign wasn't used at 
> all.
..snip..snip..
> My guess is that he changed aircraft & either flew in on a C130 or C17?