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The Navy’s Wants To Go Back To Flying The C-130 Hercules As Its Next Doomsday Plane
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Dec 21, 2020
Thieves Broke Into Russia’s Il-80 Doomsday Plane
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Dec 7, 2020
Here’s How An EC-135 Crew Pulled Off One Of The Most Jaw-Dropping Air Show Takeoffs Ever
By Robert Hopkins / Updated Nov 27, 2020
Lockheed Once Pitched the Massive C-5 as a Flying Command Center
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jul 3, 2020
No, The United States Doesn’t Have An Automatic “Dead Hand” Trigger For Its ICBMs
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Feb 10, 2020
Here’s Why An E-6B Doomsday Plane Was Flying Tight Circles Off The Jersey Shore Today
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Dec 13, 2019
This German Police EC135 Helicopter Unit Is The “Tetris Challenge” Champion
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Oct 12, 2019
Russia’s New Surveillance Plane Just Flew Over Two Of America’s Top Nuclear Labs
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Aug 15, 2019
Home Of Strategic Command And Some Of The USAF’s Most Prized Aircraft Is Flooding (Updated)
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 16, 2019
A Tornado Left the USAF With Only One Active E-4B “Doomsday Plane” for Months
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 30, 2019
Russia’s New Surveillance Jet To Make First U.S. Visit To Photograph Military Bases
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Apr 22, 2019
Strategic Command Boss’s Computer Screens Go Dark When Foreign Missile Is Launched
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Mar 24, 2018
Su-30s Acted As Infrared “Heat Traps” For Putin’s Arrival In Syria Aboard A Tu-214PU
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Dec 21, 2017
Pentagon May Replace Its Doomsday Planes And “Air Force Two” With One New Type
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jun 24, 2017
Two USAF E-4B “Doomsday Planes” Damaged In Tornado At Offutt Air Force Base
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jun 23, 2017
That Jet That Orbited Over Denver Actually Isn’t Much of a Mystery
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Nov 17, 2016
This Has To Be One Of The Most Terrifying Carrier Landing Videos Ever
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 9, 2016