Pool report #7 - Leaving ceremony, back on AF1

Remarks ended at 1: 26 pm

POTUS was still on stage as pool was ushered out, taking in the cheers and applause while « YMCA was blasting.

A note that the planes on display in the hangar were a F-16 and a MQ-9 Reaper drone.

At 1:37 pm after a very short ride in the motorcade, we came at a stop near Air Force One, parked among hangars and military planes.

The emir of Qatar was there to see POTUS off.

The two leaders chatted for a moment, with your pool stationed too far away to hear what they were saying.

They then watched as helicopters and fighter jets flew over the base and then walked to the stairs of the presidential plane on a red carpet, with a Qatari honor guard standing at attention. One last short conversation and POTUS boarded at 1:45.

We should be wheels up shortly.

Aurelia End

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