Aviation Explained Aviation History Defense What are the 5 DEFCON levels and what do they mean? DEFCON stands for Defense Readiness Condition. The US military uses this ranking system to signal its readiness for… February 5, 2025
Aircraft Neither airliner nor Putin’s jet: Il-96-400M to become doomsday plane The two prototypes of Il-96-400M, the canceled Russian wide-body airliner, are going to become doomsday planes.Previous reports indicated… July 26, 2021
Defense Russian Il-80 Doomsday plane theft suspect arrested A man suspected of stealing equipment from the Ilyushin Il-80 airborne command post of the Russian Air Force… January 20, 2021
Defense Russian Doomsday plane robbery: secret codes “may have been stolen” The radio equipment, stolen from Russian Ilyushin Il-80 airplanes, could have contained emergency communication frequencies. The robbery was… December 9, 2020
Defense USAF set to replace its “Doomsday plane” The United States Air Force is actively looking for a replacement to the E-4B Nightwatch also known as… December 7, 2019