Cliff Owen

Two Air Force Sgts walk off the flight line in the jet exhaust of Air Force One — as it prepares to take-off with President Barack Obama and his family bound for the Memorial Day weekend in Chicago.

President Obama departed for Asia on Thursday, a blustery day at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland.

U.S. Military personal await the departure of President Obama, who has just transferred from Marine One to Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, October 20, 2009.

Photographed for the Associated Press