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Description: 595 C2G hosted a media day/orientation flight for local trade and national media at Lincoln Airport, NE on April 26 to commemorate the NAOC's 60th Anniversary. This is the first event of its kind since realigning under 8th Air Force in October 2016. (Exterior footage of E-4B Aircraft) The Boeing E-4 Advanced Airborne Command Post (AACP), the current "Nightwatch" aircraft,[2] is a strategic command and control military aircraft operated by the United States Air Force (USAF). The E-4 series are specially modified from the Boeing 747-200B for the National Emergency Airborne Command Post (NEACP) program. The E-4 serves as a survivable mobile command post for the National Command Authority, namely the President of the United States, the Secretary of Defense, and successors. The four E-4Bs are operated by the 1st Airborne Command and Control Squadron of the 595th Command and Control Group located at Offutt Air Force Base, near Omaha, Nebraska. An E-4B when in action is denoted a "National Airborne Operations Center". LINCOLN, NE, UNITED STATES 04.26.2022 Video by Senior Airman Reilly McGuire 8th Air Force Public Affairs Subscribe4