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warlord1 3 points ago +3 / -0

No way. They're pretty ubiquitous these days. The national guard doesn't use them... so it's definitely suggestive these are a large troop of marines. A few Pentagon generals and brass don't every fly in these.

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Darwyn 3 points ago +3 / -0

Nah. Only three organizations have Ospreys. The Marines are replacing their much older Sea Knights with them, the Air Force has a small number of them mainly for their SAR teams to rescue downed pilots, and they have a small number of special ones that fly with Marine One carrying press and cargo etc etc. the Navy is planning on using them for COD duties as well, but that isn't fully in place yet.

Looking at the coloring those have the POTUS dark green coloring. Thus they are part of the POTUS detail.

"On 11 August 2013, two MV-22s from Marine Helicopter Squadron One (HMX-1) made their debut ferrying Secret Service agents, White House staff, and press members from CGAS Cape Cod to Martha's Vineyard during the President's vacation.[170] In May 2010, Boeing announced plans to submit the V-22 for the VXX presidential transport replacement."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMX-1#Aircraft

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Boeing_V-22_Osprey#U.S._Marine_Corps

Trust me when the Marines show up we will know. There will probibly be 50 Osprey's.

The other option... they've disguised a pair of theirs by coloring them to look like POTUS aircraft in order to move pieces in place without being obvious.

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warlord1 1 point ago +1 / -0

Hmmm damn how do you know so much? Lol