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This morning I watched a Boeing E4 go overhead. What is that? It's the Doomsday Plane! -- (edited)

Posted by loosilu (aka loosilu2) Nov 8 '21, 15:13

You've heard of it. The mobile command center that can withstand a nuclear blast. In case of extreme national emergency they will become the White House.
There are four of them total, they park in Omaha. This morning because of the flight path Andrews was using, it went over me at about 3000 feet. HUGE! And normally I can't even see planes coming from Andrews when they use that flight path,. because they go directly overhead. Super super lucky to see that. The call sign for the plane I saw was HOTRD88

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_E-4 (en.wikipedia.org)

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My friend's dad was moved to Offutt to be in charge of that when we were in college. -- nm - jnine Nov 8, 15:44
That would be cool to see. 3000 feet? Nice! -- nm - zunk xometimes Nov 8, 15:24 2
- couldn't get a photo (new phone is annoyingly slow to start and then likes to focus on window glass) but got a great look. - loosilu Nov 8, 15:26 1
  - I haven't seen a 747 in ages -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 8, 15:44

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