Featured in E-6BBYThomas NewdickApr 5, 2022ShareThis Is Our First Look At The Navy’s Next ‘Doomsday Plane,’ The EC-130J TACAMOThe next-generation EC-130J TACAMO will replace the current fleet of E-6B Mercury jets in a throwback to the Cold War era. BYThomas NewdickApr 5, 2022ShareBYThomas NewdickJun 4, 2021Share‘Air Force Two’ Replacement Dropped With Funds Redirected To Supersonic Transport ResearchThe C-32A still has nearly two decades of life left in it, but what comes after may not be a traditional converted airliner. BYThomas NewdickJun 4, 2021ShareBYThomas Newdick and Tyler RogowayFeb 26, 2021ShareDoomsday Plane Crews Made This Darkly Humorous Music Video Aptly Set To “Burning Down The House”The Talking Heads’ hit is set to clips of E-6B operations and houses being engulfed by nuclear firestorms. BYThomas Newdick and Tyler RogowayFeb 26, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickFeb 17, 2021ShareRequirements For New Air Force Doomsday Planes Seem To Preclude Anything But 747sThe Air Force says it wants “a very large platform” to replace its existing 747-based E-4B airborne command center aircraft. BYJoseph TrevithickFeb 17, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickDec 21, 2020ShareThe Navy’s Wants To Go Back To Flying The C-130 Hercules As Its Next Doomsday PlaneThe Navy replaced a fleet of C-130s configured to support nuclear deterrent operations with jet-powered aircraft just over three decades ago. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 21, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickNov 19, 2020ShareNew Report On U.S. Military Aircraft Reliability Is Downright MiserableThe report provides a damning depiction of the mission-capable rates and operating costs of the Pentagon’s aircraft fleet. BYJoseph TrevithickNov 19, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickAug 4, 2020ShareTest Of Minuteman III ICBM With Three Reentry Vehicles Sure Seems Like A Warning To Russia (Updated)The Air Force currently fields operational Minuteman IIIs with just one warhead each to help meet international treaty obligations. BYJoseph TrevithickAug 4, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJul 22, 2020ShareNavy Eyes ‘Hard-Kill’ Defenses For Transport, Tanker, and Possibly Unmanned Escort PlanesThe service is looking for a system that launches interceptors at incoming missiles and could end up on more than half a dozen types of aircraft. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 22, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickFeb 10, 2020ShareNo, The United States Doesn’t Have An Automatic “Dead Hand” Trigger For Its ICBMsIf personnel in a missile alert facility are incapacitated for some reason during a crisis, it doesn’t mean that the missiles launch automatically. BYJoseph TrevithickFeb 10, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayDec 13, 2019ShareHere’s Why An E-6B Doomsday Plane Was Flying Tight Circles Off The Jersey Shore TodayPart of the E-6B’s critical mission is to fly aerobatic-like maneuvers that allows them to send messages to ballistic missile submarines hiding below. BYTyler RogowayDec 13, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019ShareA Tornado Left the USAF With Only One Active E-4B “Doomsday Plane” for MonthsThe incident only underscores the need for the service to move quickly to find replacements for the aging and expensive to operate planes. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayJun 27, 2018ShareLast Night We Heard What It Sounds Like Just Before A B-52 Begins The End Of The WorldA portion of America’s nuclear bomber force was airborne last night as part of a drill which included Emergency Action Message transmissions. BYTyler RogowayJun 27, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayJun 24, 2017SharePentagon May Replace Its Doomsday Planes And “Air Force Two” With One New TypeConsolidating the E-4B NAOC and E-6B Mercury missions into one common aircraft while also sharing platform commonality with a C-32A replacement makes a ton of sense. BYTyler RogowayJun 24, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayMay 22, 2017Share“Air Force One” Jet Reemerges With Upgraded Communications For World TripOne of the USAF’s two VC-25As may look a little bit different than the other with its new twin SATCOM installations along its spine. BYTyler RogowayMay 22, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayNov 17, 2016ShareThat Jet That Orbited Over Denver Actually Isn’t Much of a MysterySorry to break it to you, folks, but the local story that went national about a mysterious plane over Denver really wasn’t much of a story at all. BYTyler RogowayNov 17, 2016ShareBYTyler RogowaySep 19, 2016Share“60 Minutes” Goes Inside Strategic Command and Sees that the Cold War Never EndedNuclear armageddon is still just a phone call away. BYTyler RogowaySep 19, 2016Share
BYThomas NewdickApr 5, 2022ShareThis Is Our First Look At The Navy’s Next ‘Doomsday Plane,’ The EC-130J TACAMOThe next-generation EC-130J TACAMO will replace the current fleet of E-6B Mercury jets in a throwback to the Cold War era. BYThomas NewdickApr 5, 2022Share
BYThomas NewdickJun 4, 2021Share‘Air Force Two’ Replacement Dropped With Funds Redirected To Supersonic Transport ResearchThe C-32A still has nearly two decades of life left in it, but what comes after may not be a traditional converted airliner. BYThomas NewdickJun 4, 2021Share
BYThomas Newdick and Tyler RogowayFeb 26, 2021ShareDoomsday Plane Crews Made This Darkly Humorous Music Video Aptly Set To “Burning Down The House”The Talking Heads’ hit is set to clips of E-6B operations and houses being engulfed by nuclear firestorms. BYThomas Newdick and Tyler RogowayFeb 26, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickFeb 17, 2021ShareRequirements For New Air Force Doomsday Planes Seem To Preclude Anything But 747sThe Air Force says it wants “a very large platform” to replace its existing 747-based E-4B airborne command center aircraft. BYJoseph TrevithickFeb 17, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickDec 21, 2020ShareThe Navy’s Wants To Go Back To Flying The C-130 Hercules As Its Next Doomsday PlaneThe Navy replaced a fleet of C-130s configured to support nuclear deterrent operations with jet-powered aircraft just over three decades ago. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 21, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickNov 19, 2020ShareNew Report On U.S. Military Aircraft Reliability Is Downright MiserableThe report provides a damning depiction of the mission-capable rates and operating costs of the Pentagon’s aircraft fleet. BYJoseph TrevithickNov 19, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickAug 4, 2020ShareTest Of Minuteman III ICBM With Three Reentry Vehicles Sure Seems Like A Warning To Russia (Updated)The Air Force currently fields operational Minuteman IIIs with just one warhead each to help meet international treaty obligations. BYJoseph TrevithickAug 4, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJul 22, 2020ShareNavy Eyes ‘Hard-Kill’ Defenses For Transport, Tanker, and Possibly Unmanned Escort PlanesThe service is looking for a system that launches interceptors at incoming missiles and could end up on more than half a dozen types of aircraft. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 22, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickFeb 10, 2020ShareNo, The United States Doesn’t Have An Automatic “Dead Hand” Trigger For Its ICBMsIf personnel in a missile alert facility are incapacitated for some reason during a crisis, it doesn’t mean that the missiles launch automatically. BYJoseph TrevithickFeb 10, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayDec 13, 2019ShareHere’s Why An E-6B Doomsday Plane Was Flying Tight Circles Off The Jersey Shore TodayPart of the E-6B’s critical mission is to fly aerobatic-like maneuvers that allows them to send messages to ballistic missile submarines hiding below. BYTyler RogowayDec 13, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019ShareA Tornado Left the USAF With Only One Active E-4B “Doomsday Plane” for MonthsThe incident only underscores the need for the service to move quickly to find replacements for the aging and expensive to operate planes. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayJun 27, 2018ShareLast Night We Heard What It Sounds Like Just Before A B-52 Begins The End Of The WorldA portion of America’s nuclear bomber force was airborne last night as part of a drill which included Emergency Action Message transmissions. BYTyler RogowayJun 27, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayJun 24, 2017SharePentagon May Replace Its Doomsday Planes And “Air Force Two” With One New TypeConsolidating the E-4B NAOC and E-6B Mercury missions into one common aircraft while also sharing platform commonality with a C-32A replacement makes a ton of sense. BYTyler RogowayJun 24, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayMay 22, 2017Share“Air Force One” Jet Reemerges With Upgraded Communications For World TripOne of the USAF’s two VC-25As may look a little bit different than the other with its new twin SATCOM installations along its spine. BYTyler RogowayMay 22, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayNov 17, 2016ShareThat Jet That Orbited Over Denver Actually Isn’t Much of a MysterySorry to break it to you, folks, but the local story that went national about a mysterious plane over Denver really wasn’t much of a story at all. BYTyler RogowayNov 17, 2016Share
BYTyler RogowaySep 19, 2016Share“60 Minutes” Goes Inside Strategic Command and Sees that the Cold War Never EndedNuclear armageddon is still just a phone call away. BYTyler RogowaySep 19, 2016Share
