Doomsday Plane

Christopher okula us.

Doomsday plane. If there ever were a nuclear war and all us military ground communication was destroyed the us air force keeps a e 4b nightwatch nicknamed the doomsday plane on alert 247. Theres the giant hump on its roof that hides satellite antennas. The doomsday plane is an unofficial denomination of a class of aircraft which is used as an airborne command post in an event of nuclear war disaster or other large scale conflict that threatens key military and government infrastructure. Pentagon may replace its doomsday planes and air force two with one new type consolidating the e 4b naoc and e 6b mercury missions into one common aircraft while also sharing platform commonality.

Air force the navys doomsday plane designed to withstand even a nuclear attack suffered millions of dollars in damages after striking a single bird as it practiced a. Air force one is probably the most famous plane in the skies but it has four shadowy brothers whose roles are far more important. The e 4b or doomsday plane is a highly survivable flying fortress used to transport the secretary of defense. Though designed to provide full command and control functionality during the most serious of.

One of the doomsday planes is seen taking off over bellevue neb just outside offutt air force base. Doomsday plane russia airborne command post operated by the russian air force based on the ilyushin il 96 400 commercial aircraft airframe ilyushin il 80 russian airborne command post aircraft based on il 86 airliner northrop grumman e 10 mc2a proposed airborne warning and control aircraft based on the boeing 767 airframe. Designed during the cold war the four planes are built to endure the immediate. The doomsday plane is often mistaken for air force one but there are noticeable differences.

Instead the e 6b mercury a flying communications and command post designed to play a critical role during a. The super secret e 4b doomsday 747 jets follow us president.