Air Force landed at the Ahmedabad international airport on
Saturday ahead of the February 24 visit of US President Donald
Trump to the city.
The C-17 Globemaster cargo plane, fourth in the last
few days, carried security equipment and a special vehicle
that is likely to be part of Trump”s convoy, sources said.
The three cargo planes that had landed in recent days
mainly carried various equipment for the US President”s
security during his maiden visit.
Trump will arrive in Ahmedabad around noon on February
24 for a less that 36-hour visit to India. He will be
accompanied by a high-level delegation including First Lady
Melania Trump, the President”s daughter Ivanka Trump, son-in-
law Jared Kushner and a galaxy of top US officials.
According to sources, the ”Marine One” helicopter of
the US was part of the cargo which had landed a few days back.
After landing of the first C17 Globemaster on the last
Monday carrying various equipment and an SUV, two more such
cargo planes had landed in the last few days, they said.
One of the planes carried a giant SUV–White House
Communications Agency (WHCA) Roadrunner–which could be part
of Trump”s cavalcade during his 22-km long roadshow on
February 24.
The WHCA Roadrunner, also known as the MC2V (mobile
command and control vehicle), serves as the communications hub
for the motorcade by encrypting duplex radio and streaming
video, which in turn is beamed to a military satellite that
sends the data back to the ground.
The US president will attend “Namaste Trump” event
along with Prime Minister Narnedra Modi at newly-constructed
Motera Stadium, which has a seating capacity for 1.10 lakh
people.
More than 10,000 police personnel have been deployed
as part of security arrangement for the programme and the
road-show. PTI KA PD
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