Inside the Pentagon’s ‘Doomsday Plane’ Movement Amid Iran Tensions: A Closer Look

In the midst of heightened tensions between the United States and Iran, a notable movement of the U.S. Air Force’s Boeing E-4 aircraft — colloquially known as the ‘Doomsday Plane’ or the ‘Flying Pentagon’ — has raised important questions. This plane, designed to serve as an airborne command center capable of surviving nuclear attacks and electromagnetic pulses, recently flew from Louisiana to Andrews Air Force Base just outside Washington D.C. Known for its robust design to sustain extreme wartime scenarios, including nuclear strikes, this heavily modified Boeing 747 functions as a central node for command and control operations. It can...