An Exclusive Look at SNC's Nuclear Command 747 Program

SNC’s Dayton, Ohio, site

SNC’s site  for E-4C work in Dayton, Ohio, has rapidly grown since the company won the competition in 2024.

Credit: SNC
The future backbone of U.S. nuclear command and control is taking shape in a set of large hangars that have sprouted up on the north end of Dayton International Airport. Here, Sierra Nevada Co. (SNC) is turning multiple baby-blue Boeing 747-8is into the U.S. Air Force’s E-4C Survivable Airborne...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C.

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