As of about 3:00 PM eastern US time today, October 1, 2025, there were a total of SIX (6) E-6B Mercury Nuclear Command and Control aircraft that were airborne over the continental United States. This is unprecedented.
The Boeing E-6B Mercury is a U.S. Navy airborne communication relay and command post aircraft, primarily known as a "doomsday plane."
It supports two main functions: the Take Charge and Move Out (TACAMO) mission, which provides airborne command and control links to U.S. nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines, and the Looking Glass mission, serving as an airborne command post for launching intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs).
Derived from the Boeing 707, the E-6B is equipped with a trailing wire antenna for very-low-frequency (VLF) communications, enabling it to reach submerged submarines.
Usually, only one or two such aircraft are up at any given time.
In a "crisis" situation, we have seen three or four such aircraft in the sky at once.
NEVER BEFORE have we seen SIX (6) Such planes flying at the same time. This isn't training; this is nuclear war posture.
