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The Navy’s ‘doomsday plane’ has shown up in Oregon before. Here’s what it does
The Navy’s ‘doomsday plane’ has shown up in Oregon before. Here’s what it does
The Navy’s ‘doomsday plane’ has shown up in Oregon before. Here’s what it does

Published on: 03/12/2026

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United States Navy Boeing E-6B Mercury of Strategic Communications Wing ONE, Task Group 114.2, based at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, high over Colorado Aug. 23, 2019.An E-6B Mercury prepares for takeoff at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. Aug. 8, 2022.Members of the USSTRATCOM Component Commanders Conference wait beside an E-6B Mercury to view a flyover by an Air Force B52, Feb. 5, 2024.Naval Air Crewman (Mechanical) 2nd Class Gabrial Williams leads a guided tour of an E-6B Mercury as part of the USSTRATCOM Component Commanders Conference, Feb. 5, 2024.A U.S. Navy E-6B Mercury aircraft, assigned to Strategic Communications Wing 1 at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, lands at Offutt AFB, Nebraska, July 15, 2019.

A Navy Boeing E-6B Mercury, also known as a “doomsday plane”, captured attention across the West Coast Sunday when it spent about two hours making repeated approaches near Fresno Yosemite International Airport, according to KMPH Fox 26.

News Source : https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2026/03/the-navys-doomsday-plane-has-shown-up-in-oregon-before-heres-what-it-does.html

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