Richard (rlmccannathotmail.com) wrote:

: "Merlin Dorfman" wrote in message
: ...
:
: Please see http://mdorfman.home.netcom.com/737-800-1.jpg and
: http://mdorfman.home.netcom.com/737-800-2.jpg.
: These were taken at Wellington Airport, New Zealand, on March
: 10. Sorry, they are the best I could do from an airplane window at
: that distance. It is a Boeing 737-800 (with winglets) in the same
: paint scheme as Air Force 1 & 2.
: I was not aware of this model 737 until then, though in the
: following days I flew on some Qantas versions. (That's how I know
: they are designated 737-800.) How many does the Air Force have?
: Are all of them VIP transports? And any idea what VIP(s) might have
: been in Wellington on March 10?
:
: Admiral Thomas Fargo, commander of the United States Pacific Command, was in
: town.
: http://tinyurl.com/ypzsp
: Flying in one of these?
: http://www.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?fsID=189

Thanks for all the replies. Clearly the same plane, though I
was not close enough to read the tail number.
I also verified that it was the USS Higgins that I saw in Sydney
harbor:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2004/03/mil-040309-c7f01.htm
Has New Zealand been participating in the Iraq war?