GAO previously questioned the Navy's choice of a C-130-based aircraft to meet its nuclear command and control needs.

The future of the Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC) has begun flight and ground testing, with risk-reduction testing crucial to ensure on-time delivery of this state-of-the-art aircraft to ...

There’s goodness in it, but not as a taxpayer," a source told Breaking Defense about the prospective deal. "And only if the Air Force gets it right with its requirements.” ...

The United States Air Force (USAF) has officially taken delivery of a Qatari-donated Boeing 747-8 to use as a “stop-gap” Air Force One. This week’s Flight Friday takes a look at aggregated 747 flight ...

Known as the Survivable Airborne Operations Centre, or SAOC, the new fleet of Boeing 747-derivative jets are intended to replace the US Air Force’s Boeing E-4B Nightwatch aircraft, which can serve as ...

The US Air Force's infamous "Doomsday Plane" was spotted over Los Angeles. It is confirmed that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was on board the E-4B Nightwatch. It remains unclear why this particular ...

A 747-8, the latest iteration of the venerable Boeing plane, loomed large before the ribbon-cutting ceremony at Sierra Nevada’s fourth hangar at Dayton International Airport on Wednesday April 1, 2026 ...

Maintainers from the 595th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron prepare the E-4B for flight as a visiting documentary production team loads onto the Nightwatch to film a local training sortie and air ...

One of America’s “doomsday planes” was spotted circling above a key Nebraska air force base on Monday — just hours before President Trump’s deadline for Iran to accept his peace deal is set to expire.