The NDAA freezes E-3, F-15E and A-10 retirements, accelerates F/A-XX and F-47 oversight, and demands a concrete plan for post-E-6B nuclear command-and-control. The Fiscal Year 2026 U.S. National ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (U.S. Air Force) The presidential “Doomsday Plane,” a flying fortress designed to serve as an airborne command post in the event ...

Flight trackers detected the Boeing E-6B Mercury, a U.S. aircraft used for nuclear command and control, flying over the Gulf of Mexico on March 9, 2026. The military uses the aircraft, often called a ...

AURORA, Colorado—The U.S. Air Force will in the coming months finalize requirements for how it will take on the airborne nuclear command post mission as the U.S. Navy offloads it from its Take Charge ...