The US Department of Defense showed the aerial refueling of the Boeing E-4B airliner, known as the "Doomsday"aircraft. The corresponding post was published by Pentagon press Secretary John Kirby on Twitter .
"In-flight refueling of the E-4B never becomes obsolete. God, what a knack it takes for this! The crews made a great flight, " the caption to the video says.
Currently, the Air Force has four E-4Bs created on the basis of the long-haul double-deck wide-body passenger aircraft Boeing 747-200. The vehicles should become command posts for the top leadership of the United States in case the ground control systems are destroyed as a result of a nuclear war.
Earlier it was reported that [...] the creation of a new Doomsday aircraft based on the wide-body Il-96-400M has begun in Russia. The Russian Aerospace Forces will receive two such vehicles. Currently, according to open sources, Russia has four Il-80, created on the basis of the Il-86.
Ksenia Nazarova
