US president secretly transferred between aircraft in Turkey due to assassination threat

Summary

The US president was secretly transferred between military aircraft during his return from the NATO summit in Ankara last month, using a catering truck to move between planes, according to Washington Post and New York Times reports. The operation was conducted due to a credible Iranian assassination threat, with journalists and some White House staff unaware of the switch and believing the president was on the older Air Force One used as a decoy.

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