B Nightwatch is also known as the Doomsday plane and it's designed to carry our leaders through the most extreme ...

“I’d like to think of the E-4B as kind of like a flying backup Pentagon, potentially more secure than the Pentagon,” Pentagon reporter Ryan Pickerel once said. To defense and aviation aficionados, the ...

It’s built for a doomsday scenario. The U.S. Air Force E-4B “Nightwatch” – known as the “Doomsday Plane” -- can be in the air at a moment’s notice during a national emergency. There it can serve as ...

There are certain aircraft that we hope are never used in anger. The Boeing E-4B Nightwatch is one of these. Often referred to as the "Doomsday" plane, the highly modified aircraft is a militarized ...

On June 17, 2025, rumors circulated that the U.S. military's so-called "Doomsday Plane" (the E-4B "Nightwatch") had taken flight on a mission related to the Israel-Iran conflict. A U.S. Air Force ...

One of America’s “doomsday planes” made a flight to Joint Base Andrews in Washington, DC, Tuesday night as President Trump weighs whether to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities. The E-4B Nightwatch — ...