It’s built for a doomsday scenario. The U.S. Air Force E-4B “Nightwatch” – known as the “Doomsday Plane” -- can be in the air at a moment’s notice during a national emergency. There it can serve as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sierra Nevada Corp. plans to turn five Boeing 747-8 aircraft into the Air Force's new fleet of Survivable Airborne Operations ...

Sierra Nevada's first test flight of the Survivable Airborne Operations Center marks a major step in replacing the aging E-4B "Nightwatch" fleet introduced in the 1970s. The E-4C Survivable Airborne ...

National Airborne Day coincides with the Airborne & Special Operations Museum's 25th anniversary and a Liberty Tree commemoration. A ceremony marking the 250th anniversary of the Liberty Tree will be ...