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In response to "what i learned from the television this morning. it costs approximately $180,000 just to fly air force 1 anywhere (not sure if that includes crew)" by tRuMaN, (possibly absurd)

i imagine that calculation includes everything. gas, crew, airport fees, etc etc etc. -- nm

Posted by Andie (aka Andie) Apr 26 '12, 06:55

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ok, it just seems like i had read/heard that it was higher than that. oh well -- nm - tRuMaN, (possibly absurd) Apr 26, 07:04 12
- $200 million a day and a quarter of the American Navy! - Roger More Apr 26, 07:08 3
  - Did you know that the air force pays $15 for one screw? Hey! That's not a bad price for a screw. -- nm - Buddy Hackett Apr 26, 07:10 2
    - And what does the secret service pay? - Beryllium Apr 26, 07:12 1
      - not enough to keep the hookers quiet. -- nm - loosilu Apr 26, 07:30
- well, distance would matter. -- nm - Andie Apr 26, 07:06 7
  - I'm thinking some things are not in there because they are already being paid out of other budgets (crew:military, security:secret service/military) -- nm - zork Apr 26, 07:08 6
    - For what it's worth, when I briefly looked at chartering a military flight to Guam, the base cost was in the nieghborhood of $180K. So that was - loosilu Apr 26, 07:29
    - if it was calculated by Fox, i imagine they threw in everything to inflate it as high as possible (that's my guess). -- nm - Andie Apr 26, 07:09 4
      - TFox is a bastard in that way -- nm - oblique Apr 26, 07:10 2
        
        you know us actuaries. it's my favorite trick to screw old people on their premiums. -- nm - TFox Apr 26, 07:11 1
        
        "Over 40, screw you!" -- nm - TFox Si Apr 26, 07:12
      - true -- nm - zork Apr 26, 07:09

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