US Air Force’s New ‘Doomsday Plane’ Begins Flight Tests Written 5 September 2025
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A Boeing E-4 Advanced Airborne Command Post. | Credit: Balon Greyjoy; Wikipedia; CC0
Defense News reports, “The Air Force and aerospace firm Sierra Nevada Corp. have started flight tests on the service’s next-generation ‘doomsday plane.’ Flight tests for the E-4C Survivable Airborne Operations Control, or SAOC, are being held at the Aviation Innovation and Technology Center in Dayton, Ohio, the company said in a Wednesday release.”
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