Originally Posted by
2wheels
Yep, you can hear it if you're listening to a tower or ramp where it is. I've done this a few times, but never on channel 9, only on on my radios. Its kind of interesting, because the AF actually replaces the tower controllers with AF controllers while the aircraft is present, so you'll hear some interesting accents sometimes.
I watched a documentary on Nat Geo recentally about AF1 and the Pres Advance Team stages AF Officers inside the control towers to supervise activity. Don't recall that they actually replace the controllers but I guess its possible in some countries.