It tried to convey an element of panic, yet there seemed to be plenty of photo opportunities.
I found it hard to believe that the safest place for the president was up in Air Force One. And it doing a near vertical take-off to get him there in case the boys were down the end of the runway with a grenade launcher.
I was in college at that time and I find that news stories from 83-87 often passed me by. Sharing a house with a number of lads. No TV. Not that we were drinking or anything. You just wouldn’t hear the news much.
Ok, I’ll point it out before somebody else does. It was July '85. No college but I might have been on co-op placement I think.