"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
12/20/2015 at 15:26 • Filed to: planelopnik
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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
12/20/2015 at 15:26 • Filed to: planelopnik | 5
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I was sitting on my front porch this afternoon, enjoying a cigar and a crossword puzzle, when I heard a jet that was noticeably different from the 737s and MD-80s that usually fly over my house on their way to Austin-Bergstrom Int’l Airport. Looking up, I saw this !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , gear down and on final approach. I dashed inside, grabbed my camera and managed to squeeze off a couple of shots before it passed out of sight.
Based on the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , the E-4B is an aerial command post for the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! (POTUS, Secretary of Defense), and is shielded from nuclear attack or electromagnetic pulse (yes, EMPs do exist outside of The Matrix). The hump on top of the fuselage houses a super high-frequency antenna. The Air Force has four E-4Bs, and they are all assigned to the First Airborne Command Control Squadron (1ACCS) of the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! at !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! in Nebraska. When operating, the E-4B is known as the National Airborne Operations Center.
I have no idea what it is doing in Austin. I have seen one of these only once before, at Dyess AFB in Abilene, TX (below), when it was a decidedly better day for photography. But this was certainly a unique catch here in Austin. I don’t often do much plane spotting in my pajamas. (It just flew over again. They must be doing touch-and-gos at KAUS).
sm70- why not Duesenberg?
> ttyymmnn
12/20/2015 at 15:47 |
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I have seen these fly over on occasion, as I am right under the flight pattern for Offutt.
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ttyymmnn
> sm70- why not Duesenberg?
12/20/2015 at 15:50 |
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I should come to your place and do some plane spotting then. On a sunny day, preferably.
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sm70- why not Duesenberg?
> ttyymmnn
12/20/2015 at 15:57 |
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Especially a few days before the air show.
whoarder is tellurium
> ttyymmnn
12/20/2015 at 15:59 |
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That’s pretty damn cool to see the E-4B. The DOOMSDAY PLANE.
I get a kick out of all the special mission/recon/intel aircraft that the USAF and Navy operate: Rivet Joint, Looking Glass (E-6A Mercury), Joint STARS, etc.
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ttyymmnn
> whoarder is tellurium
12/20/2015 at 16:01 |
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Doomsday indeed. I hope they're not here for a reason.