It uses a flying boom receptacle on the upper-forward fuselage, making it, like the Navy's Boeing P-8 Poseidon aircraft, reliant upon specific U.S. Air Force aircraft (KC-135 Stratotanker, KC-10 Extender, and KC-46 Pegasus) for in-flight refueling.

The E-6B Mercury is a communications relay and strategic airborne command post aircraft. It provides survivable, reliable and endurable airborne Nuclear Command, Control, and...

2021年9月22日 · The E-6B Mercury is a communications relay and strategic airborne command post aircraft. It provides survivable, reliable, and endurable airborne Nuclear Command, Control, and...

2019年12月14日 · The E-6B Mercury that executes the “Take Charge And Move Out” (TACAMO) mission for America’s sprawling nuclear apparatus, basically delivering commands from the National Command Authority that can send nuclear-armed ballistic missiles flying during a nuclear apocalypse, is an incredible aircraft.

2023年10月25日 · The Boeing E-6 was the final new derivative of the pioneering Boeing 707 to be built by the aircraft manufacturer, with 16 planes entering service with the US Navy in 1989. The jets were destined to serve as part of the "Take Charge And Move Out” (TACAMO) mission, becoming airborne command centers.

The E-6B is a dual-mission aircraft capable of fulfilling either the E-6A mission or the airborne strategic command post mission and is equipped with an airborne launch control system...

2023年6月6日 · The E-6B aircraft acts as a communications relay and strategic airborne command post aircraft to execute the TACAMO mission that connects the president and Secretary of Defense with Navy nuclear ballistic missile forces during a crisis.

The US Navy’s 16 Boeing E-6B Mercury aircraft earned their nickname because of their mission set, which includes transmitting Emergency Action Messages (EAM) to US strategic nuclear forces – bombers, silo-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) and taking command, if required, in ...

The E-6B is a dual-mission aircraft capable of fulfilling either the E-6A mission or the airborne strategic command post mission and is equipped with an airborne launch control system (ALCS). The ALCS is capable of launching US land based intercontinental ballistic missiles.

2023年9月7日 · Under its Integrated Maintenance and Modification Contract (IMMC) with the Navy, it will overhaul multiple E-6B Mercury aircraft by 2027.