By Randy Wyrick, Vail Daily
GYPSUM — The plane the president sometimes rides in has the presidential seal on its seat belt buckles.
We thought you’d want to know.
Yes, that was Air Force One or Air Force Two or something similar that was parked at the Eagle County Regional Airport recently.
No one really important was in town — unless you count the U.S. Air Force crew that flies the plane.
The Boeing 757 parked at the Vail Valley Jet Center is staffed by a crew on training missions for future VIP visits, said airport manager Alex Everman.
President Donald Trump was not here, nor was Vice President Mike Pence.
There will be upcoming missions, and the crew wants to become familiar with the altitude, the approach, the departure and the lay of the land at the airport.
Also, it’s not actually Air Force One unless the president is on board. It’s not Air Force Two unless the vice president is on board, Everman said.
Neither of them were in Eagle County, so it’s just a really amazing aircraft, a Boeing 757 with security and communication gadgets installed.
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