Every other Thursday, Air Force One flies low over the York River to nearby Langley Air Force Base for a touch-and-go landing as a drill, and then returns to Washington by a different route. I was explaining this to a couple out sailing the river when lo and behold Air Force One swooped in a northwest path across the river at a high altitude. This time it was escorted by four fighter jets in a diamond formation, suggesting the real thing. CNN reported later that President Obama was on his way to South Dakota to speak. It was his 50th state as President.
Robby Naish Became an Icon
September 8, 2026
By Danielle Rossingh and Shirley Robertson, for CNN, April 23, 2018 CNN —Robby Naish was a shy, 11-year-old kid growing up in Hawaii when he took his first ride on a windsurfing board. The son of a competitive surfer from California, it would alter the course of his life. From that
