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20180606_Spotting at Brussels

The "Doomsday Plane" was visiting Brussels.
The Boeing E-4 Advanced Airborne Command Post (AACP), the current "Nightwatch" aircraft, is a strategic command and control military aircraft operated by the United States Air Force (USAF). The E-4 series are specially modified from the Boeing 747-200B for the National Emergency Airborne Command Post (NEACP) program. The E-4 serves as a survivable mobile command post for the National Command Authority, namely the President of the United States, the Secretary of Defense, and successors. The four E-4Bs are operated by the 1st Airborne Command and Control Squadron of the 595th Command and Control Group located at Offutt Air Force Base, near Omaha, Nebraska. An E-4B when in action is denoted a "National Airborne Operations Center"
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  • The USAF Advanced Airborne Command Post "Nightwatch" - nicknamed "Doomsday Plane", a Boeing E-4B (747-200B) (73-1676; msn20682) on final for RWY01 at Brussels Airport.

The E-4B serves as a survivable mobile command post for the National Command Authority, namely the President of the United States, the Secretary of Defense, and successors. The four E-4Bs are operated by the 1st Airborne Command and Control Squadron of the 595th Command and Control Group located at Offutt Air Force Base, near Omaha, Nebraska. An E-4B when in action is denoted a "National Airborne Operations Center".

    The USAF Advanced Airborne Command Post "Nightwatch" - nicknamed "Doomsday Plane", a Boeing E-4B (747-200B) (73-1676; msn20682) on final for RWY01 at Brussels Airport. The E-4B serves as a survivable mobile command post for the National Command Authority, namely the President of the United States, the Secretary of Defense, and successors. The four E-4Bs are operated by the 1st Airborne Command and Control Squadron of the 595th Command and Control Group located at Offutt Air Force Base, near Omaha, Nebraska. An E-4B when in action is denoted a "National Airborne Operations Center".

  • The USAF Advanced Airborne Command Post "Nightwatch" - nicknamed "Doomsday Plane", a Boeing E-4B (747-200B) (73-1676; msn20682) on final for RWY01 at Brussels Airport.

The E-4B serves as a survivable mobile command post for the National Command Authority, namely the President of the United States, the Secretary of Defense, and successors. The four E-4Bs are operated by the 1st Airborne Command and Control Squadron of the 595th Command and Control Group located at Offutt Air Force Base, near Omaha, Nebraska. An E-4B when in action is denoted a "National Airborne Operations Center".

    The USAF Advanced Airborne Command Post "Nightwatch" - nicknamed "Doomsday Plane", a Boeing E-4B (747-200B) (73-1676; msn20682) on final for RWY01 at Brussels Airport. The E-4B serves as a survivable mobile command post for the National Command Authority, namely the President of the United States, the Secretary of Defense, and successors. The four E-4Bs are operated by the 1st Airborne Command and Control Squadron of the 595th Command and Control Group located at Offutt Air Force Base, near Omaha, Nebraska. An E-4B when in action is denoted a "National Airborne Operations Center".

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