From the outside, the E-4B’s blue-and-white livery resembles that of Air Force One, the presidential aircraft—also built from a Boeing 747. Inside, the two are nothing alike. The US Air Force’s E-4B ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The E-4B "Nightwatch" is nicknamed the "doomsday plane" because it can survive a nuclear attack. In the event of nuclear war, it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. U.S. Air Force On June 22, 2025, after the U.S. struck three key nuclear sites in Iran, a claim circulated on X that the U.S.

The Boeing E-4B Nightwatch, colloquially known as the Doomsday Plane, is a key component of the United States’ airborne command center, designed to respond to global crises. Recently, this mysterious ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sierra Nevada’s first test flight of the Survivable Airborne Operations Center marks a major step in replacing the aging E-4B “Nightwatch” fleet introduced in the 1970s. The E-4C Survivable Airborne ...

The U.S. Air Force E-4B Nightwatch is a modified Boeing 747-200, also called the Doomsday airplane. Built in the 1970s, the four E-4Bs were designed to act as a flying White House in case a nuclear ...