{"id":24440,"date":"2025-01-11T19:11:14","date_gmt":"2025-01-11T18:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=24440"},"modified":"2025-01-11T19:11:14","modified_gmt":"2025-01-11T18:11:14","slug":"only-four-of-these-planes-exist-%f0%9f%98%b3check-below-in-the-comments%e2%ac%87%ef%b8%8f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=24440","title":{"rendered":"Only four of these planes exist \ud83d\ude33\u2026Check below in the comments\u2b07\ufe0f"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This massive plane, weighing as much as 80 African elephants, is as long as a football field and as tall as a five-story building. Known as the E-4B \u201cNightwatch,\u201d it serves as the U.S. Air Force\u2019s National Airborne Operations Center, designed for use in national emergencies, including nuclear strikes.<\/p>\n<p>The E-4B provides a survivable command center for the President, Secretary of Defense, and Joint Chiefs of Staff if ground facilities like the White House or Pentagon are destroyed. With its advanced shielding, mid-air refueling capability, and powerful engines generating 208,000 pounds of thrust, it can stay airborne for up to 12 hours\u2014or indefinitely with refueling.<\/p>\n<p>Stationed at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska, the E-4B is part of a fleet of just four aircraft, always on standby. Each costs $223.2 million, highlighting its critical role in national security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This massive plane, weighing as much as 80 African elephants, is as long as a football field and as tall as a five-story building. Known as the E-4B \u201cNightwatch,\u201d it serves as the U.S. Air Force\u2019s National Airborne Operations Center, designed for use in national emergencies, including nuclear strikes. The E-4B provides a survivable command [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24440"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24441,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24440\/revisions\/24441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}