Boeing E-6 Mercury
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boeing-e-6-mercury-185-2381102
title:
Boeing E-6 Mercury
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The Boeing E-6 Mercury is an airborne command post and communications relay based on the Boeing 707-300. The original E-6A manufactured by Boeing's defense division entered service with the United States Navy in July 1989, replacing the EC-130Q. This platform, now modified to the E-6B standard, conveys instructions from the National Command Authority to fleet ballistic missile submarines, a mission known as TACAMO. The E-6B model deployed in October 1998 has the ability to remotely control Minut
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Airborne command post aircraft by Boeing based on 707 airframe
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_E-6_Mercury
date created:
2003-02-14T16:11:30Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T17:43:07Z
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