POTUS in Indiana for NRA speech. Boeing E-6B Mercury on station over Indiana.
The Boeing E-6 Mercury is an airborne command post and communications relay. E-6B standard, conveys instructions from the National Command Authority to fleet ballistic missile submarines, a mission known as TACAMO. It also has the ability to remotely control Minuteman ICBMs using the Airborne Launch Control System. The Boeing E-6 Mercury is an airborne command post and communications relay. E-6B standard, conveys instructions from the National Command Authority to fleet ballistic missile submarines, a mission known as TACAMO. It also has the ability to remotely control Minuteman ICBMs using the Airborne Launch Control System.