What occurs when fighter cockpit is no longer the place to fly in, but the place to act as a command post of multiple aircrafts at once? That movement is at the heart of the U.S. Air Force push of ...

Flight trackers detected the Boeing E-6B Mercury, a U.S. aircraft used for nuclear command and control, flying over the Gulf of Mexico on March 9, 2026. The military uses the aircraft, often called a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (U.S. Air Force) The presidential “Doomsday Plane,” a flying fortress designed to serve as an airborne command post in the event ...