'Decoy' Air Force One was protected by US fighter jets, official says
A Secret Service agent later came to the press cabin to reinforce the instruction, according to the pool report. "I think it was at greater risk because that would be the plane I think that they would be more likely to go for." Eric Mack is a breaking news reporter and writer Sunday through Thursday, 6 a.m. ET, with a particular interest in stories that lead the news cycle on politics, elections, foreign affairs and government.
- ▪A Secret Service agent later came to the press cabin to reinforce the instruction, according to the pool report.
- ▪"I think it was at greater risk because that would be the plane I think that they would be more likely to go for." Eric Mack is a breaking news reporter and writer Sunday through Thursday, 6 a.m.
- ▪ET, with a particular interest in stories that lead the news cycle on politics, elections, foreign affairs and government.
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White House 'Decoy' Air Force One was protected by US fighter jets, official says Press was told to keep window shades down as plane took off from Ankara, Turkey, while Trump took separate military jet By Eric Mack Fox News Published August 12, 2026 12:31pm EDT Comments Facebook Twitter Threads Flipboard Print Email Add Fox News on Google close Video DODGING CROSSHAIRS: Reports reveal Trump's decoy in evading Iran's threat President Donald Trump reportedly secretly boarded a third, smaller U.S. military aircraft, using an airport catering truck as cover and an older Air Force One jet as a decoy, to depart July’s NATO summit amid a credible threat from Iran.
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