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| Inside The E-4B 'doomsday' 747 Plane That Follows The US President Around by PDPGuy: 1:08am On May 17, 2017 |
Wherever Air Force One is in the world, an E-4B Doomsday plane isn't far away. There are four E-4B 'Nightwatch' planes in the fleet that are made up of specially modified Boeing 747s that follow the President of the United States, particularly when he goes overseas. The planes are outfitted as complete command centers for the president and his top officials including the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the case of nuclear war or national emergency. These aircraft have unique capabilities that cannot be duplicated by any other aircraft that the Air Force use.
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| Re: Inside The E-4B 'doomsday' 747 Plane That Follows The US President Around by PDPGuy: 1:09am On May 17, 2017 |
The planes, also called 'National Airborne Operation Centers' when they are in-flight, have special equipment and have the capability to communicate with anyone from anywhere in the world and support analysts and strategists on the flight. The design of the plane is meant to survive an electromagnetic pulse with all the systems intact, even down to the fact that they still use traditional analog flight instruments because they are less vulnerable. It is capable of operating with the largest crew of any aircraft in US Air Force history, at 112 people, both flight and mission personnel. The planes all have three decks from top to bottom: former US Secretaries of Defense, Leon Panetta (2012) and Donald Rumsfeld (2004) address reporters on board.
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| Re: Inside The E-4B 'doomsday' 747 Plane That Follows The US President Around by PDPGuy: 1:11am On May 17, 2017 |
The planes also have in-flight refueling and are able to remain airborne and operational up to 35.4 hours. Though it has been designed to be able to operate in-flight for a full week. The E-4Bs are operated by the First Airborne Command and Control Squadron of the 595th Command and Control Group, are coordinated by the United States Strategic Command and are stationed near Omaha, Nebraska, at the Offutt Air Force Base. One of the planes is kept running at all times, with the engine running 24 hours a day at the Offutt base when the president is in the US. If an emergency happens, the plane is ready to meet with the presidents almost immediately. If he goes abroad, the E-4Bs follow and are known to the crews as 'Air Force One When It Counts', according to Politico.
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| Re: Inside The E-4B 'doomsday' 747 Plane That Follows The US President Around by PDPGuy: 1:12am On May 17, 2017 |
The planes are outfitted with special equipment including a wire antenna that keeps the president in communication with the nuclear submarine fleet, even if ground-based communications are destroyed. The E-4Bs were first operated in the 1970s during the Cold War. And through to the end of the war, one of the flying war rooms was kept constantly on alert at Andrew's Air Force Base, ready to lift off with the president in just 15 minutes. It was believed that these planes were the best way to keep the president safe in the case of nuclear attack. In 2006 there was talk that the E-4B fleet would be retired in 2009 when then-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld announced his plan. Instead, just one of the fleet was retired in February of 2007. When Robert Gates took over as Secretary of Defense, he reversed the decision in May 2007 and the plane returned to the fleet because the planes have such unique capabilities. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4468286/Inside-Doomsday-plane-follows-President.html#ixzz4hI3qhBDb |
| Re: Inside The E-4B 'doomsday' 747 Plane That Follows The US President Around by sarrki(m): 1:18am On May 17, 2017 |
Interesting |
| Re: Inside The E-4B 'doomsday' 747 Plane That Follows The US President Around by odiereke(m): 1:22am On May 17, 2017 |
God bless America. 6 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Inside The E-4B 'doomsday' 747 Plane That Follows The US President Around by SalamRushdie: 1:28am On May 17, 2017 |
They have existed since the 60s , Airforce 1 is actually the the centre piece of this group ..The American are bad asses when it comes to conflict projection ..Do you you know the always have a lot of military hardware floating on the oceans just in case of sudden Nuclear war 4 Likes |
| Re: Inside The E-4B 'doomsday' 747 Plane That Follows The US President Around by Nobody: 1:33am On May 17, 2017 |
SalamRushdie:Hahaha, who told you this? Trump? 1 Like |
| Re: Inside The E-4B 'doomsday' 747 Plane That Follows The US President Around by PDPGuy: 1:36am On May 17, 2017 |
All these come at a huge cost to American taxpayers though.. It reportedly costs $206,000 per hour to operate the 747s that serve as Air force One. |
| Re: Inside The E-4B 'doomsday' 747 Plane That Follows The US President Around by SalamRushdie: 1:44am On May 17, 2017 |
SirJeffry: What's funny there bro ..I am sure your myopic mind is imagining tanks floating on water ...If you don't know the US military keeps a lot of equipment , fuel and food on ship ware houses that are always at sea , they are used to provide logistics to special forces, submarines, carriers groups ....Please stop being Ignorant and research about the US Sealift Command and the work they do especially what they call prepositioning Logistics . 14 Likes |
| Re: Inside The E-4B 'doomsday' 747 Plane That Follows The US President Around by Nobody: 1:51am On May 17, 2017 |
SalamRushdie:I never insulted you, young man. Ok, I will research about them.  7 Likes |
| Re: Inside The E-4B 'doomsday' 747 Plane That Follows The US President Around by SalamRushdie: 1:52am On May 17, 2017 |
SirJeffry: I am sorry . 10 Likes |
| Re: Inside The E-4B 'doomsday' 747 Plane That Follows The US President Around by Nobody: 2:05am On May 17, 2017 |
SalamRushdie:Much love. 12 Likes |
| Re: Inside The E-4B 'doomsday' 747 Plane That Follows The US President Around by ORACLE1975(m): 3:10am On May 17, 2017 |
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| Re: Inside The E-4B 'doomsday' 747 Plane That Follows The US President Around by baby124: 3:12am On May 17, 2017 |
Wow. This is wonderful 1 Like |
| Re: Inside The E-4B 'doomsday' 747 Plane That Follows The US President Around by Nutase: 4:19am On May 17, 2017 |
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| Re: Inside The E-4B 'doomsday' 747 Plane That Follows The US President Around by chukxie(m): 4:48am On May 17, 2017 |
To be the numero uno military in the world isn't baloney ! Massive respect to the U.S. military. 4 Likes |
| Re: Inside The E-4B 'doomsday' 747 Plane That Follows The US President Around by Granger: 6:00am On May 17, 2017 |
SirJeffry: Awwww so cute...now how about u guys suck each other's joysticks eh....how about that?  14 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Inside The E-4B 'doomsday' 747 Plane That Follows The US President Around by PDPGuy: 6:04am On May 17, 2017 |
chukxie: The US spends over $100 billion annually on its 800 overseas military bases/forward operating bases. That is money that could be used to fund infrastructural projects across the country... |
| Re: Inside The E-4B 'doomsday' 747 Plane That Follows The US President Around by Eddygourdo(m): 6:28am On May 17, 2017 |
Granger:I tire for both of them, adding emotion to an argument, what the heck brought that sissy "much love statement" tufia 4 Likes |
| Re: Inside The E-4B 'doomsday' 747 Plane That Follows The US President Around by Lanretoye(m): 6:55am On May 17, 2017 |
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| Re: Inside The E-4B 'doomsday' 747 Plane That Follows The US President Around by madridguy(m): 7:06am On May 17, 2017 |
Impressive. Here in Nigeria, we are still fighting over budget  |
| Re: Inside The E-4B 'doomsday' 747 Plane That Follows The US President Around by CashNaira96: 7:16am On May 17, 2017 |
Wow.... Interesting |
| Re: Inside The E-4B 'doomsday' 747 Plane That Follows The US President Around by IdeeEsperanza(m): 9:38am On May 17, 2017 |
Nigeria has something similar. But it's classified though. |
| Re: Inside The E-4B 'doomsday' 747 Plane That Follows The US President Around by Nobody: 10:35am On May 17, 2017 |
Wow wow wow wow wow... This is Interesting... God bless America, God bless Nigeria... Hit the like botton as u remain blessed.. |
| Re: Inside The E-4B 'doomsday' 747 Plane That Follows The US President Around by Nobody: 11:43am On May 17, 2017 |
Serious minded people that means business |
| Re: Inside The E-4B 'doomsday' 747 Plane That Follows The US President Around by ByTeCuBe: 1:14pm On May 17, 2017 |
PDPGuy: |
| Re: Inside The E-4B 'doomsday' 747 Plane That Follows The US President Around by callmembj1(m): 1:55pm On May 17, 2017 |
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| Re: Inside The E-4B 'doomsday' 747 Plane That Follows The US President Around by PDPGuy: 2:00pm On May 17, 2017 |
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| Re: Inside The E-4B 'doomsday' 747 Plane That Follows The US President Around by praise1705(f): 5:24pm On May 17, 2017 |
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| Re: Inside The E-4B 'doomsday' 747 Plane That Follows The US President Around by ismhab(m): 5:45pm On May 17, 2017 |
Where is North Korean leader? let him release his nuclear war head to bomb it. 1 Like |
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