Few aircraft are as instantly recognizable as Air Force One. The blue-and-white Boeing 747 has transported U.S. presidents across the globe for decades, becoming one of the most famous symbols of ...

Air Force One, we all know, carries the US president around the world, and, in fact, is not a single plane but two heavily modified Boeing VC-25 aircraft (tail numbers 28000 and 29000), based on the ...

The U.S. Air Force is buying five planes to replace the E-4B Nightwatch nuclear command post. In addition to being the Secretary of Defense’s plane, the Nightwatch is outfitted to allow the Secretary ...

Possessing over 5,000 nuclear warheads in silos, submarines, and reserve depots across the world (not just in-country), the U.S. nuclear forces (or "strategic forces") are some of the largest in the ...

The USA is investing billions in the modernization of its airborne command centers. Retired jumbo jets are being converted into Doomsday Planes - ready to operate under extreme conditions.