The E-4B Nightwatch aircraft is a key asset within the USAF and the strategic resilience system of the USA as a whole. Only four such aircraft were produced, and they belong to the 1st Airborne ...

It costs nearly $160,000 per hour to fly the E-4B, making it the most expensive airplane the Air Force operates. And it's built to survive a nuclear blast. To prevent radiation, the windows have a ...

Possessing over 5,000 nuclear warheads in silos, submarines, and reserve depots across the world (not just in-country), the U.S. nuclear forces (or "strategic forces") are some of the largest in ...

which maintains and operates a fleet of four E-4B Nightwatch airborne command post jets at Offutt. The 610th Command & Control Squadron, an Air Force Reserve unit based at Davis-Monthan Air Force ...

the E-4B "Nightwatch" plane would serve as the US military's command and control center. The stunts that US Air Force demo teams perform derive from real combat scenarios. Airshows offer a glimpse ...