https://apnews.com/article/trump-air-force-one-iran-turkey-2c9400dc758641dfdcd1fd3ddd249158
"In Ankara, Trump boarded the old Air Force One jumbo jet in view of television cameras ahead of the plane flying to Royal Air Force Mildenhall in the United Kingdom...
However, according to the Post report, after boarding the legacy Air Force One jet, he was secretly shuttled minutes later to a smaller plane — an Air Force C-32A — via an airport catering truck typically used to load meals and other supplies. Trump flew to Mildenhall on that smaller jet.
After arriving at Mildenhall, news photographers captured images of Trump getting off the presidential plane — suggesting he reboarded Air Force One out of sight of the pack of journalists who thought they were traveling with him.."
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No secret hatch is involved—instead, the operation relied on standard service equipment used on commercial and military tarmacs every day.
According to the reports, the security detail used an airport catering truck. The vehicle was raised via its hydraulics to a door on the opposite side of the aircraft from where journalists and staff had watched President Trump board.
Rather than utilizing a built-in trapdoor or hidden compartment, Trump and a few aides simply stepped out through the galley service door directly into the elevated cargo box of the catering truck, which then lowered away from the jet to transport them to the secondary aircraft.
