US President Barack Obama arrives to board Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on March 20, 2016 as they depart for Cuba. (AFP)
President Barack Obama flew out of the United States today bound for a historic three-day visit to the communist-ruled island of Cuba, said an AFP photographer traveling with him.
Obama departed Andrews Air Force Base, just outside the capital Washington, shortly after 1730 GMT, reversing generations of US attempts to cut Cuba from the outside world.