Because he's the president of the most powerful nation in the world and must be protected at all times.
Hamas are at alert in Gaza if you like to know.
[size=18pt]Bobs bone dat tin. He wasn't in the Limo as at d tym of break-down na... so hw's it news even tho' he has more than one of such plus team of mechanics for this purpose?[/size]
Obama and his entourage shuld b very careful and alert because this is not just ordinary mechanical fault or someones stupidity but a way to penetrate into US heavy security team and break it down.isrealite re wiser.
Wizeboy: I am not in anyway surprise because nobody is perfect, some people just try to be more advanced than other.
If this type of situation happen to any African or the so-called third-world countries President, people would have been saying is because of their uncivilized or corruption or incompetence that cause it.
This is serious. So it means they travel with vehicles for ground transportation. Meehn I tire for America and their style o. When they are not going for war.
"Mistakenly filled with diesel instead of petrol" That sort of mistake is too ordinary and petty. I feel they maybe acting on a security threat/alert...
George Bush’s modified Cadillac DTS (Deville Touring Sedan) once broke down in Rome, Italy, when the president was being driven back to the U.S embassy. Surprised Italians could be heard giggling as the driver tried in vain to restart the car. Bush’s embarrassment was compounded when his back up Suburban was too wide to pass through the embassy gates, so he had to walk into the compound.
[size=18pt]Bobs bone dat tin. He wasn't in the Limo as at d tym of break-down na... so hw's it news even tho' he has more than one of such plus team of mechanics for this purpose?[/size]
That is what makes him an obama not a jonathan. . . .Everything about him makes headlines because of who he is !
wasiudvd: Hmmm! Hope dey will not mistakenly fill airforce 1 with groundnut oil insteal of fuel.
I AM SURE THE FUEL YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT IS JET A1 COS IF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT fuel AS WE REGARD PETROL FOR AIRFORCE 1,THEN NA YA PAPA FIT ENTER DAT ONE..am joking,o...BUT ITS ADORABLE AND ENVIBLE TO SEE HOW WELL PREPARED THEY ARE FOR EVERY AND ANY EVENTUALITY EVEN UP TO FLYING WHAT SOME FOLKS WOULD CALL ORDINARY MECHANIC ALONG WITH THE PRESIDENT.WHAT A COUNTRY
Yes I have to quote the whole post because I know somebody like you will not notice the actual point I'm trying to raise, even though I still went ahead to bold the point i wanted to refer to. ITK
This month we look at the wheels of the most powerful man in the world, The President of The United States, Barrack Hussein Obama.
Cadillac One
The current official car of the President of The United States is a Cadillac. It is the first presidential limousine not to have a specific model name (The previous presidential limousine, used by George W. Bush, was a modified Cadillac D.T.S). It has the call sign, Cadillac One (The presidential plane has the call sign Air-Force One and the presidential helicopter is known as Marine One). It looks so imposing that it has been nicknamed “The Beast” by the Secret Service. It first came into service on January 20th 2009. Like any presidential limousine, the security features are a closely guarded secret, but you can trust us, we’ve been able to unearth them for you.
The New (Obama) Cadillac One (in front) with George Bush’s Presidential Limousines (Behind) on inauguration day.
SECURITY FEATURES
Cadillac One has eight inches thick armour plated doors that are the weight of the cabin door on a Boeing 757. The door handles incorporate a special system, which can only be opened by trained personnel (secret service). The driver’s window can withstand armour piercing bullets. It is the only window that opens, by just 3 inches, so that the driver can pay tolls or talk with secret service agents. The chauffer is trained by the CIA to cope with the most demanding of circumstances. The driver’s compartment contains a standard steering wheel, but the dash board contains a communications centre and GPS tracking system.
The petrol tank in the beast is armour plated and filled with a specially designed foam that prevents it from exploding if hit. Its bodywork consists of a combination of dual hardness steel, aluminium, titanium and even ceramic to break up possible projectiles. A reinforced five inch steel plate runs under the car for protection in the unlikely event of a bomb being placed underneath. The car is built on the platform of a GMC truck. The tyres are reinforced with Kevlar (the material used in bullet-proof vests) and are shred and puncture resistant, with steel rims underneath, enabling the car to escape at speed, even if the tyres are blasted away. The boot holds oxygen supply and a fire-fighting system. The limousine, like the Cadillac DTS, is equipped with night vision cameras, but the location of the cameras have been moved & are a secret. It is also armed with pump-action shotguns and tear gas cannons. Bottles of blood (the president’s blood type) are kept on board, in case he needs an emergency transfusion. The limousine is environmentally sealed against chemical and biological weapons.
FLAGS AND SEALS
When the president is in the limousine, the presidential seal is affixed to its side and it flies two flags; the U.S flag on the right fender and the presidential flag on the left fender, for domestic trips and the U.S flag on the right fender and the flag of the host country on the left fender for trips abroad. The flags are ventilated and illuminated by High Intensity Discharge (H.I.D) directional flood lights, mounted on the hood.
The limousine is maintained by the Secret Service, which, on delivery, took it apart and swept it for bugs. Two dedicated mechanics travel with the limousine wherever it goes.
TRAVELS
When the president travels out of Washington, Cadillac One is transported by U.S Air-Force C-17 Globemaster III or C-5 Galaxy transport planes to wherever the president is going to.
The president never uses foreign “assets” overseas. He either uses Cadillac One, a Secret Service Chevrolet Suburban (Suburban One), or U.S embassy vehicles (indeed, Marine One, the presidential helicopter, is transported abroad by cargo planes anytime the president needs to use a helicopter overseas). This wasn’t always the case in the past. President Jimmy Carter rode in a Nigerian owned Land Rover when he visited Lagos in 1978.
Jimmy Carter and Mohammadu Magoro at Apapa Port.
Another notable exception was when President Richard Nixon visited China for the first time in 1972. The U.S sought permission to fly in their presidential limousine, but Mao Zedong said that there was no need for that, because there were vehicles in China that were good enough to transport Nixon. Nixon agreed, because of the historic nature of the visit. He used Chinese made Red Flag limousines during his trip, though the limousine was taken apart by the U.S secret service and swept for bugs and other dangerous materials. Presidents Kennedy and Clinton used a white U.S embassy Rolls Royce, when they visited Northern Ireland.
Chairman Mao Zedong’s Red Flag Limousine (Why do communists need a limousine? Aren’t they all meant to be equal?)
MOTORCADE
The length of the U.S. president’s motorcade varies, depending on the threat level and nature of his trip. It could vary from ten vehicles to forty vehicles (wonder what the POTUS’ carbon footprint is like). When the president is out of Washington, his motorcade usually consists of about thirty-five vehicles. Approximately the first half of the motorcade is known as the “secure package” and contains the presidential limousines, police cars and essential secret service vehicles. The “secure package” breaks away from the rest of the motorcade in the event of an attack. There are usually 2 or 3 identical limousines in the motorcade, one of these limousines carries the president, while the other acts as backup. The second limousine also serves as a decoy and it flies the two flags and carries the presidential seal, just like the limousine carrying the president. The two limousines usually switch positions several times during a journey.
The two limousines, the radio jamming SUV (with antennas) and the war truck.
The route the president takes is usually cleared of traffic by local police lining the route. About 6 – 10 local policemen on motorcycles ride ahead of the motorcade to ensure that no other cars are on the route (this is very dangerous work and some policemen have been killed in accidents, while performing this duty). A local police car also drives ahead of the convoy to do a bomb sweep (equally very dangerous work). The local police play a very important part in planning the route, because they know the area, control traffic lights and are better able to plan against traffic jams and assist the secret service in planning escape routes and alternative routes.
Some of the main vehicles that travel with the president are: -
(1) Chevrolet Suburban (The War Truck): - Several Chevrolet Suburbans are in the motorcade and some of them carry the Secret Service Counter Assault Team (C.A.T), whose members are mostly ex-marines. They are well trained and well armed. Under U.S law, the secret service can request for the latest training techniques and weapons from any branch of the military and the military must comply with such request.
There was a proposal that some of the SUVs (particularly the SUV behind the President's limo) should carry the Dillon Aero Mini Gun. It is not known if the proposal was accepted. Some secret service agents expressed concern over possible collateral damage. The Dillon Aero Minigun is a gatling gun that fires 3,000 rounds a minute (50 rounds a second). The SUV is known as “The War Truck”. Its roof opens up (much like a sunroof) and a secret service agent, wielding the gatling gun, pops up on a revolving gun turret. The agent is protected on his left and right flank by the doors of the “sunroof”. The Suburbans will surround Cadillac One if there is an attack on it.
2)Frequency Jamming Vehicles: - There is usually a vehicle (sometimes a suburban, sometimes a van) which sends out jamming signals across different frequencies. This is to prevent the detonation of road side bombs using mobile phones, remote controls, garage openers and other devices that emit radio waves. Sometimes, a helicopter, which flies over the motorcade, is used to jam frequencies.
3)Mobile Intensive Care Unit: - An ambulance (Mobile Intensive Care Unit) is always in the motorcade. It is equipped to handle surgeries and carries bottles of the president’s blood type in case an emergency transfusion is required. It is usually a big black armoured truck in the middle of the motorcade, though there are sometimes decoy white ambulances, which are usually full of secret service agents, at the rear of the motorcade.
HISTORY
President William McKinley was the first to ride in an automobile, but it wasn’t until the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt that the first government owned car was used.
The first car specially built for presidential use was the 1939 Lincoln V12 convertible, called the “Sunshine Special”, used by Franklin Roosevelt. The Ford Motor Company leased the car to the office of the President for $500 a year. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, the secret service became concerned about potential assassination attempts. The following day, 8th Dec 1941, a heavily armoured 1928 Cadillac 341A Town Sedan was used to transport the president to the Capitol for the famous “infamy” speech. Originally belonging to Al Capone, the car was confiscated by the treasury department following Capone’s arrest and stored in a government impound lot until its ironic final duty. Roosevelt used the car until his “Sunshine Special” was modified to be bullet-proof.
The Kennedy White House purchased a Lincoln Continental convertible, which was stretched into a limousine for the president by Hess and Eisenhart. It was the car President Kennedy was riding in when he was assassinated. It had a plexi-glass “bubble” top in case of inclement weather, but this was often removed (as was the case on the day Kennedy was assassinated) because the air-conditioner was not strong enough to deal with the heat in the vehicle.
President Kennedy in the Lincoln Continental, minutes before his assassination.
George Bush’s modified Cadillac DTS (Deville Touring Sedan) once broke down in Rome, Italy, when the president was being driven back to the U.S embassy. Surprised Italians could be heard giggling as the driver tried in vain to restart the car. Bush’s embarrassment was compounded when his back up Suburban was too wide to pass through the embassy gates, so he had to walk into the compound.
That is what makes him an obama not a jonathan. . . .Everything about him makes headlines because of who he is !
[size=18pt] Ok... Afta' all na sensible person like am sha and hin likes (beta decision makers) go make headline and not dat dumb ass called Jonathan badluck[/size]
We shall setup a commitee to look into the breakdown, this commitee shall be chaired by the senate president and individuals of credible reputation. We shall look into why diesel was supplied by the NNPC, whose job it was to service those vehicles. This commitee shall review travel allowance of the president and must come up with a well suited figure to meet with the president's travel arrangement. We shall also provide this commitee with logistics for their assignment ranging from transportation, secertaries, entertainment, office stationaries and all other expenses to aid the commitee's assignment. This commitee shall send its report to the house of representatives and senate house for review and ammendments before it will be sent to the office of the president for final approval. The commitee as 3 months to come up with its report. Signed President G.....
No bro. US High Commission in various countries can provide for transportation.
Bros, I agree with you that it is possible for the High commissions and embassies to provide the transport. But I just learnt that a cargo plane goes ahead of Airforce One to airlift all that they may require including a silent cabin Generator of up to 200kva. Even food supplies and cooks are not left behind. Isn't that amazing
