An aircraft carrying the head of state or whoever holds the real reins of power is very high profile. Various countries choose to fly different aircraft for a whole range of security, domestic signaling, and geopolitical reasons. In some countries, it is considered important for the national leader to lead by example and travel without fanfare, somewhat modestly demonstrating egalitarianism in society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Some nations fly their leaders in flying military command centers, some in airborne palaces, and others tell them to catch a commercial flight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[743,396,412,4806],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-438564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airbus-a330","category-aircraft","category-military","category-raf-voyager"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t