While Air Force One is famously known as the "flying Oval Office" for its role as a mobile workspace for the US president, the E-4B "Nightwatch" serves a more important purpose. This lesser-known ...

The E-4B "Nightwatch," often called the "Doomsday Plane," is one of the most advanced and expensive aircraft operated by the U.S. Air Force. Designed to protect the President of the United States ...

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 ...

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 ...