Air Force One was wheels up at 7.27pm CST as President Barack Obama starts his trip to Nairobi, Kenya on Thursday evening. This was 7 minutes later than scheduled.
The President started the 15 minutes trip to Joint Base Andrews in Prince George’s County, Maryland aboard Marine One from White House. He was pictured walking by himself at the South Lawn dressed in a dark blue suite.
Mr.Obama is expected to stop over at the Ramstein Air Force Base, Germany where the jet will refuel and then set out to Nairobi. His flight time to Germany is expected to be about 7 hours. His total flight time before landing in Nairobi is sixteen and a half hours.
He is accompanied by ten lawmakers comprised of nine Democrats and one Republican
President Obama heads towards Marine One as he starts his trip to Kenya
President Obama boards Air Force One prior to departing for Kenya
Air Force One flies out of the Joint Base Andrews in Maryland as Obama embarks on a tour of Kenya
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