A Boeing E-4B surface in the air can be an ominous signal of approaching fall because the barrel is designed to be used for a deadly nuclear attack.
Nicknamed the 'Doomsday aircraft' because of the ability to survive a nuclear explosion, the American fleet of E-4B aircraft is intended to protect the president and highly ranked government officials against an attack on an apocalyptic level.
President Donald Trump warned on Sunday that nuclear weapons pose the greatest threat to humanity and said that a nuclear war could “happen tomorrow.”
Trump, who is in charge of the second largest nuclear stock in the world, told Fox News' Sunday Morning Feature that the use of 'Monster' core heads' the world 'can end, and adds that the' level of destruction will continue to imagine '.
But the US Air Force has a fleet of $ 223 million top -secret aircraft that will serve as a mobile war room for the president and its top officials in the case of a national emergency situation.
The Air Force is currently operating four E-4B aircraft, with at least one on alert at all times at the Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha, Nebraska.
They are usually used to transport the Minister of Defense on overseas trips, but are also charged with After Air Force One on the travels of the president abroad.
The aircraft has been used since the Cold War and offer leaders a surviving command and control center, and the possibility of delivering orders to the army in the event of a national emergency situation.
Nicknamed the 'Doomsday aircraft' Due to the ability to survive a nuclear explosion, the American fleet of Boeing E-4B aircraft have been designed to protect the president and high-ranking government officials against a nuclear attack (file photo)
An air-air on the right side of an E-4B Advanced Airborne National Command Post Aircraft will be used from a KC-135 Stratotan Tanker plane (file photo)
E-4B aircraft have unique possibilities that cannot be duplicated by other aircraft using the Air Force.
The so-called Doomsday aircraft have thermal and nuclear shielding and are able to withstand nuclear explosions, electromagnetic effects and cyber attacks. They can also launch retaliation missiles.
They have special equipment and have the opportunity to communicate with everyone, all over the world, and support analysts and strategists during the flight. E-4Bs have 67 satellite dishes and antennas in the Ray Dome, reports Business Insider.
Doomsday planes all have three decks with a command room, meeting room, briefing room, team workspace, communication space and a designated relaxation room with 18 bunk beds.
The planes have already stayed in the air and are operational in one stint for 35.4 hours, but they are designed to be able to work for a full week during the flight without landing. The E-4B is also able to refuel in the air.
Doomsday Planes, called National Airborne Operation Centers When they are during the flight, are managed by the first Airborne Command and Control Squadron of the 595th Command and Control Group.
They are coordinated by the strategic command of the United States and are stationed near the Offutt basis.
The aircraft are equipped as complete command gates for the president and his top officials, including the Minister of Defense and the joint staff chefs, in the case of nuclear war or national emergency situation
When the president is in the US, a Doomsday plane is kept at all times with its motorcycle and ready 24 hours a day.
When the president goes abroad, the E-4Bs and the crews are known as 'Air Force One when it counts'. If an emergency takes place, one of the four vessels can therefore come to the Air Force one almost immediately.
The Air Force has a four aircraft fleet of Boeing E4 aircraft, which are able to work with the largest crew of every aircraft in the history of the US Air Force in 112 people, both flight and mission personnel.
They are not always used as a doomsday ships. The Minister of Defense will occasionally travel abroad in an E-4B and hold press briefings.
The US is not the only country that is known to have a fleet of Doomsday aircraft.
Russia has an Ilyushin IL-80 aircraft that is known as the 'Flying Kremlin', which is designed to protect President Vladimir Putin in the case of a nuclear attack, according to Euro News.
Just like the American E-4B fleet, the flying Kremlin serves as a command post in the air in the case of nuclear attack.
The Houtzame IL-80 MaxDome has special communication equipment, technology that is said to be resistant to electromagnetic pulse attacks and can be used in the air.
The E-4B fleet is expected to reach the end of its lifespan in the early 2030s. The four highly modified Boeing 747-200 Jumbo-Jets have become increasingly difficult and more expensive as parts become outdated (file photo)
The E-4B fleet is expected to reach the end of its lifespan in the early 2030s.
The four highly modified Boeing 747-200 Jumbo-Jets are increasingly difficult and more expensive as parts become outdated.
The Air Force in April last year awarded a contract of $ 13 billion to Sierra Nevada Corp to develop a successor for the earlier E-4B aircraft from the 70s.
Work on the Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC) project will be carried out in Colorado, Nevada and Ohio and it is expected to be completed in 2036.
To meet the operational requirements, the weapon system will consist of a commercial derivative Jet hardened and changed to meet the military requirements.
The Air Force eliminated Boeing from its competition to develop a successor to the E-4B Nightwatch in 2023.
