Amid rising Iran tensions, the U.S. “doomsday plane" draws fresh attention as a nuclear-proof, airborne command center ...

The Doomsday crews are on 24/7 standby and tails Air Force One wherever it goes, just in case it has to step up under emergency circumstances. The Doomsday planes are equipped such that a ...

What is the ‘Doomsday plane’? Air Force Times on April 26 got a rare opportunity to board “GORDO14,” one of America’s four E-4Bs flown by the 595th Command and Control Group at Offutt ...

The E-4B has more communication capabilities than Air Force One. There's even a 5-mile-long "tail" that can be extended behind the plane to allow for communication with submarines that are underwater.

Flight trackers caught one of the U.S. Air Force's $223 million "Doomsday" aircraft arriving at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, around the time when President Trump was weighing whether to strike ...

The doomsday plane is often mistaken for Air Force One, but there are noticeable differences. There’s the giant hump on its roof that hides satellite antennas.

Related: Trump’s Air Force One Tweet Rattles the Defense Industry Related: Boeing Breaks Air Force One. The Doomsday Plane has been flying since 1980 and the E-6 has been around since the early ...

While Air Force One is famously known as the “flying Oval Office” for its notable role as a mobile workspace for U.S. presidents, the lesser-known “Doomsday Plane” functions more as a ...

Members of the Air Force's NAOC Security Forces flank Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as he boards the E-4B 'Doomsday' plane. Screenshot via Twitter.

Two of the Doomsday Planes were damaged by a June 2017 tornado that struck Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, leaving the Air Force with only one E-4B for three months.

The Doomsday crews are on 24/7 standby and tails Air Force One wherever it goes, just in case it has to step up under emergency circumstances. The Doomsday planes are equipped such that a ...