A 'Doomsday Plane' Was On The Ground In Turkey Yesterday
Everybody knows E-4Bs are extremely important.
In the event of a war, a terrorist attack, an alien invasion and so on (hence the “doomsday plane” nickname), these aircraft are destined to keep the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and other “decision makers” alive to direct nuclear (and conventional) forces, by receiving, verifying and relaying EAM (Emergency Action Messages).
One aircraft is usually airborne every 12 hours, with another one
ready for departure with a 5-minute notice. If national command centers
on the ground are attacked or unavailable, an E-4B is immediately
scrambled: that’s why a “doomsday plane” was seen orbiting above
Washington DC minutes after a hijacked plane had crashed into the Pentagon on 9/11.In the event of a war, a terrorist attack, an alien invasion and so on (hence the “doomsday plane” nickname), these aircraft are destined to keep the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and other “decision makers” alive to direct nuclear (and conventional) forces, by receiving, verifying and relaying EAM (Emergency Action Messages).
The E-6B Mercury, whose mission could be a sign that the Syria air war has just started, can do the same job.
Anyway, an E-4B was on the ground at Incirlik on Aug. 27. What was the doomsday plane doing in Turkey?
how do we know that's Turkey?
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