2x USAF C-17 Globemasters at Sydney 11 May 2023

[shuuy]

Big, important, expensive planes on the tarmac at SYD this arvo.

Picking up Bushmasters to deliver to Ukraine?

Any other ideas?

 

[clifford]

Bringing stuff in for Biden's visit?

 

[Guvner]

One went to Ireland a few weeks back for Joe's visit so I'd say @clifford is on the money.

 

[levelnine]

Yep, ferrying around the motorcade.

 

[serfty]

More than that, I once stayed at Seoul at the same Hotel as the USA VP.

Cue half a dozen modern day mine proof "Black Mariahs", large people eyeballing all coming and going. Black screens in lobby ...

The logistics are massive.

 

[Quickstatus]

Joe is/was coming as Albo is hosting the 2023 Quad summit. Except that pressing politics back home means he may instead send the VP

 

[clifford]

Joe is/was coming as Albo is hosting the 2023 Quad summit. Except that pressing politics back home means he may instead send the word salad exponent VP

Well, she'd make all the difference, then.

 

[justinbrett]

C-17s are dime a dozen here, including US ones.

 

[Major]

C-17s are dime a dozen here, including US ones.

The US operates 222 C-17 aircraft and Australia 8.

That's a lot of dozens.