Boeing E-6 Mercury
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The Boeing E-6 Mercury is an airborne command post and communications relay based on the Boeing 707-300. The original E-6A manufactured by Boeing's defense division entered service with the United Sta
Boeing E-6 Mercury
A Navy E-6B Mercury at the Mojave Air and Space Port
Detail of the E-6's wingtip
A U.S. Navy E-6B Mercury refuels from a USAF 434th Air Refueling Wing KC-135R Stratotanker, 2011
Lockheed Martin E-130J
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The Lockheed Martin E-130J Phoenix II is a planned airborne command post and communication relay aircraft based on the C-130J-30.
Boeing E-6 Mercury
…they considered building one plane to replace both aircraft. In 2020, the Navy developed an aircraft specifically for the TACAMO mission, under the E-XX TACAMO program. The Air Force independently pursued an E-4 replacement under the Survivable Airborne Operations Center program. The Navy selected a variant…
EC-130Q TACAMO aircraft