The show of force comes amid continued tensions with Russia and follows the recent visit of a Russian navy flotilla to Cuba.
The shocking amount it costs to fly a US 'Doomsday Plane' has been revealed after one was spotted circling a nuclear command ...
According to flight tracker AirNav, the Boeing E-6B Mercury's flight took it over the Offutt Air Force nuclear command base.
An aircraft created to be a US nuclear deterrent was seen flying around the US Midwest having taken off from Oklahoma ...
There are two types of Doomsday plane. E-6B Mercury aircraft, which would handle communications during World War III, are based at Tinker in Oklahoma. And E4-Bs, which would carry the president ...
The craft, named Boeing E-6B Mercury, left Tinker Air Force Base around 9am ET and soared around Omaha where Offutt Air Base is located. Offutt Air Force Base is a nuclear command, control and ...
The so-called Doomsday plane - which is the Air Force's four E-4Bs and the Navy's E-6B "Mercury" - has been in service since the 1970s, much like Air Force One, and is expected to keep flying ...
According to flight tracker AirNav, the Boeing E-6B Mercury's flight took it over the Offutt Air Force nuclear command base. At the height of the Cold War, when nuclear exchanges seemed like a ...