Trump Did Not Send Doomsday Plane to Middle East

The U.S. Air Force E-4B Nightwatch 'doomsday plane' gains attention amid escalating Israel-Iran tensions as President Trump considers targeting Iranian nuclear facilities.

Trump’s statement comes after the U.K. Ministry of Defense said it was preparing an aircraft carrier before a possible deployment, The Guardian reported earlier Saturday. The British navy’s flagship, HMS Prince of Wales, was being readied for mobilization, though a ministry spokesperson told the outlet that there was no decision to deploy the aircraft carrier. If deployed, it would join HMS Dragon, which is already en route to the Middle East.

يقول خبراء إن هذا من المرجح أن يستغرق سنوات، ما يعني أن الطائرة قد لا تكون جاهزة للاستخدام إلا قرب نهاية ولاية ترامب.

قالت تقارير إعلامية إن الطائرة الرئاسية الأمريكية المعروفة باسم "طائرة يوم القيامة" تحركت من قاعدة أندروز ثم هبطت بالقرب من العاصمة واشنطن. ويأتي تحرك الطائرة في ...

(CNN)-- اشتكى الرئيس الأمريكي، دونالد ترامب، من طائرة الرئاسة الأمريكية القديمة قبيل عودته إلى واشنطن من العاصمة الإماراتية، أبوظبي، بآخر محطة له بجولة الشرق الأوسط...

One of its primary purposes is ... the "Doomsday plane". 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-4s 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-4 when in action is denoted a "National Airborne Operations Center" (NAOC). The E-4B aircraft are ...

The E-4B “Nightwatch” is the aircraft the United States never wants to use: a militarized Boeing 747-200 that can turn into a mobile command-and-control for the president and senior military officials if the country comes under nuclear attack. The U.S. has four of these Cold War-era “doomsday planes,” and they’re finally getting an upgrade.

Trump deploys 'Doomsday' nuclear command planes to the Middle East as WW3 fears surge

/ Trump sends Doomsday nuclear command planes to the Middle East as the war with Iran escalates, and fears of a Third World War resurface.

Essentially, it means that the E-6B could be used to send orders from President Trump or top leaders to Navy nuclear submarines, even if normal phone lines or ground stations were to be destroyed.

Tabloid and hyperbolic outlets ... document an unprecedented conventional buildup in the Middle East but do not show that Trump has sent E‑6B “Mercury” nuclear command planes to the Middle East [1][2][3]....

In the late 1990s, the E-6A Mercury was upgraded to E-6B Mercury by incorporating new high frequency communication arrays and enabling it to fulfill its position in Looking Glass mission. Looking Glass is an airborne military command post capable of providing assistance for the purpose of launching Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles. Each of the doomsday aircraft is thought to be worth approximately $141.7 million.