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For funerals for an enlisted non-commissioned officer of E-9 rank and officers, the casket is transported via a horse-drawn limbers and caissons. For all other funerals, the casket is transported using a hearse. Fighter jets in missing man formation by the United States Air Force may perform an aerial flyover.
Ford's casket was flown to Washington and then on to Grand Rapids aboard the VC-25A Presidential Aircraft (29000), which normally serves as Air Force One. [14] The hearse used to carry President Ford's casket flew the American Flag and had the Presidential Seal affixed to the sides.
The coffin carrying Carter's body is transported by the caisson platoon of the U.S. Army's presidential escort regiment on Pennsylvania Avenue to the U.S. Capitol. On January 7, Carter's remains were taken from the Carter Center to Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta, and were then flown to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.
Caissons rolling again after hiatus. For the soldiers and horses carrying Carter's casket to the Capitol, Tuesday is a high-profile, no-fail mission. The Army suspended the Caisson Detachment ...
There are the familiar rituals that follow a president’s death — the Air Force ride back to the Beltway, a military honor guard carrying a flag-draped casket up the Capitol steps, the Lincoln ...
President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden, walk off a military airplane at Dover Air Force Base to attend the dignified transfer of fallen service members on August, 29, 2021. AFP via Getty Images