‘Doomsday Plane’ appearance at LAX sparks online worry
The federal government’s Boeing E-4B Nightwatch (a military aircraft known, somewhat alarmingly, as the “Doomsday Plane”) touched down at Los Angeles International Airport this week; This may possibly be the first LAX landing of the famous plane.
aviation enthusiasts noticed the plane about his approach to LAX on Thursday. Billed by US Air Force as a “command, control and communications center with high survivability.”
The aircraft is equipped to serve as an airborne operations center for the president, the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the event of a disaster that would eliminate command centers on the ground.
His sudden appearance at a busy commercial airport sparked online speculation.
“IS WAR NEAR?” an X user sentin one of several concerned social media reactions to the plane’s appearance.
In this case, the plane was carrying the US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth He went to Southern California as part of his month-long “Arsenal of Freedom” tour.
Hegseth spoke Thursday at the Defense Department’s second stop, Rocket Lab, a Long Beach manufacturing facility. described as a month-long tour of US industrial defense companies.
Later, the Ministry of Defense announced images on social media that Hegseth is working with the Reserve Officer Training Corps at UCLA.
far right activist Laura LoomerBreitbart News reporter Olivia Rondeau and media figure L. Todd Wood He accompanied Hegseth on the trip and shared photos of them on the plane online.
E-4B It is a militarized version of Boeing’s 747 aircraft and is designed to withstand electromagnetic pulses and the heat of a nuclear attack. The Air Force always keeps at least one available in case of emergency.
