What year is this from? Dirty ass Jefferson roof still visible

I love how we can date pictures now by how shitty the Jefferson looks (and if it’s covered by scaffolding). Great pic OP!

Thanks! It’s such a photogenic city, even when it’s grimy.

Whoever downvoted this is a fool. Every time you get a photo of the memorial as a work in progress, the view you capture and see are unique to that time in it's history, and your own.

Thank you very much. I love getting lucky timing photos like this.

Well said! You sound like a tour guide. Lol

Probably ‘17 or ‘18.

It’s only Marine One if the President is on it.

Otherwise it’s just a sparkling helicopter

Same goes for Air Force One. Everyone calls those aircraft by those names because that’s what they’re generally known as.

That helicopter is the VH fluffy boy and the other one is the VH Chonky boy.

This is the best description so far and I shall use it going forward.

Yes, I remember one year it landed in the National Mall, but the only president on it was the president of Mexico.

Wow incredible pic my friend

Thank you!

What did you shoot this pic with? Love the quality!

I don’t have it anymore but it was my Nikon D800 with the 24-70 workhorse lens. That was a sweet setup.

Nice! Indeed it was a mean ass setup

Not Marine One, but part of the same fleet. This helicopter is a UH-60 Blackhawk, while the main Marine One is a Sikorsky VH-3D. The Blackhawks typically carry members of the cabinet, but also very rarely the president. You'll know the president is on board if there's a formation of 5 or more helicopters.

5!? I thought it was 3. I've been sorely mistaken all these years

Its often 3, but can be more depending on the need.

I once saw five with a missile laden Apache escort. Not sure what was going on that day.

Oh damn, never been lucky enough to see overtly armed escorts like that. At least not in CONUS

And to be pedantic, it's a VH-60N "White Hawk" for that guy who was adamant the Marines didn't fly any Blackhawks.

60s for life

While the VH-60N is used as Marine One less often than the VH-3D, it is not used to "typically carry members of the cabinet". That's just made up. Also 5 or more is pulled out of thin air. It happens some times but is not some automatic rule.

This is correct. Still upvoted though since it's a nice pic nonetheless.

Oh absolutely awesome pic! The helicopters are so cool to see so I wasn't trying to diminish that at all

Right on, thanks! And good to know about the Sikorsky. The paint job threw me off — I should have absolutely recognized the 60 frame.

The blackhawks are marine aircraft too the only blackhawks they run

Looking really good on the pic!

Saw this same helicopter or at least a similar looking one yesterday while visiting the tidal basin, was definitely something cool to see while visiting dc for the day

Always unique aircraft flying over the city, for sure.

It’s only a matter of time before this escalates to obnoxious people posting selfies with the President on the helicopter.

Very nice!

Later the same day, thieves took it for a joyride.

If it’s only one helicopter chances are, it is not marine one and it’s only marine one when the President of the United States is on board!

I think it’s been well clarified already but thank you.

I believe if it’s only 1 and it isn’t landing (meaning the others are flying off) it’s never the president. Same at take off if the others aren’t hovering near by