Originally Posted by
cvflyer
I doubt very seriously that you'd be able to see or hear anything about AF1 while it's in the air. Or any of the other support aircraft either for that matter.
Odds are you wouldn't hear them because they were using a UHF radio. Military aircraft generally use the UHF as a primary with a VHF as a backup. Civilian aircraft use the VHF as a primary and very few even have a UHF onboard.