USAF Plans Large SAOC Funding Increase, Award In 2024

Brian Everstine March 17, 2023

Two E-4Bs at Lincoln International Airport, Nebraska, in April 2022.

Credit: Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force plans to increase spending on its future Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC) to replace the aging E-4B Nightwatch, with a contract award planned for the second quarter of 2024 to buy the first two aircraft. The service’s fiscal 2024 budget request includes $889 million...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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