South San Francisco, CA November 25, 2023
SSF Mayor Flor Nicolas (center) with the Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (left) and First Lady Louise “Liza” Cacho Araneta-Marcos (right) PHOTO Conference Center
Leaders from the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation came together for their 30th Summit earlier this month for the week-long event from November 11th – 17th. These countries, including the United States, account for nearly 40% of the global population and half of the world’s trade and the summit was focused on the global economy.
Air Force One carrying President Biden, a Boeing 747 arrives on Nov. 14th
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Locally, a lot of the big news focused on San Francisco City streets and how quickly and thoroughly areas were cleansed and sanitized with no-go zones established to showcase the jewel of the West to world leaders. Micro-locally our own South San Francisco Conference Center underwent upgrades worthy of hosting Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and their entourage as he met with the Filipino American community from the Pacific Northwest.
The President and First Lady arrive on the red carpet with Mayor Nicolas greeting them.
Photo: Conference Center
President Marcos addressed the audience of which approximately 1000 were invited.
Security throughout the Bay Area was at an all-time high, below are local SWAT members tasked with protecting the Philippine President and his entourage at the SSF Conference Center for the evening event.
SWAT Team holding area behind the scenes ready to protect the Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the First Lady, and his entourage.
Photo: Conference Center
Aerial Sharpshooters were on all of the surrounding roofs, with several drones flying above the Conference Center
SWAT Team #2 was on standby in the Conference Center warehouse area.
Photo: Conference Center
Our City of South San Francisco may not have hosted the main event, yet there were a number of undisclosed smaller gatherings in the area. And all those who did attend, while perhaps not stopping in South City, did drive through, and fly overhead, and we appreciate STIG for sharing photos below.
An Air China Boeing 747-800 passenger airliner arrives on Nov. 14th carrying Xi Jinping, the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (the President) who is also the chairman of the Central Military Commission. There were two identical Air China 747’s that arrived, the same as the U.S. does when Air Force One goes overseas.
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XI Jinping departs in the rain over SSF for China on Nov. 17th
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A Royal Brunei Boeing 787 Dreamliner arrives carrying it’s countries dignitaries.
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Designated as Air Force Two when it arrived at SFO with VP Kamala Harris, the Boeing C-32 departs for Mather Airport in Sacramento, now using the call sign SAM373.
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After arriving from Joint Base Andrews, and dropping off supplies and vehicles at SFO, a C-17A Globemaster III is seen departing over SSF.
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Arriving from Joint Base Andrews, a Dover Air Force Base C-17A Globemaster III arrives with Presidential support.
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Department Of Justice Boeing 757 arrives from Richmond, Virginia.
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Japanese contingency arrives with in a Boeing 777. A second 777 went to Los Angeles and returned for the departure after the APEC event was over.
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South Korean Boeing 747 Business Jet parked on the ramp. The structure in the background is the Hunter’s Point Gantry Crane.
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A Peruvian government 737 on arrival Nov. 14th. Peru has a very large Asian population thus I imagine that is why they were here for APEC.
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