There are certain aircraft that we hope are never used in anger. The Boeing E-4B Nightwatch is one of these. Often referred to as the "Doomsday" plane, the highly modified aircraft is a militarized ...
As the iconic Boeing 747 is on its final flight path to obsolescence, there are only a few airlines still flying them. Yet oddly enough, a handful of old 747s remain some of the most important ...
US defence contractor Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has begun early-stage flight testing of the US Air Force’s (USAF’s) new E-4C Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC) aircraft. SNC on 3 ...
It’s built for a doomsday scenario. The U.S. Air Force E-4B “Nightwatch” – known as the “Doomsday Plane” -- can be in the air at a moment’s notice during a national emergency. There it can serve as ...
From the outside, apart from that weird hump, the E-4B Doomsday Plane could be mistaken for a standard Boeing 747, or at least a presidential one. In reality, it's a plane that serves a very specific ...
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