USAF sept 2025: ex-civvie Korean Air B747-8 pax jumbo's to replace USAF E-4 Nightwatch Doomsday planes...

[Stratofreighter]

https://simpleflying.com/korean-air-sel ... e-program/

Korean Air 747s to become Doomsday Planes

As per a Reuters report,
the Korean carrier will sell off five of its Boeing 747-8 widebodies for $674 million,
amounting to around $135 million per airframe.

The sale is expected to be completed by September 2025
and will leave the carrier with just four 747-8 passenger aircraft
as it continues its fleet modernization efforts.

The four-engined 747s will eventually replace the USAF's Boeing E-4B Advanced Airborne Command Post (AACP) aircraft,
which uses a modified Boeing 747-200B airframe.

This sale comes just weeks after the carrier confirmed a deal for 33 Airbus A350s valued at $13.7 billion.

Last month, Sierra Nevada was awarded a $13 billion contract to replace the USAF's E-4B fleet.
According to Defense News,
the contract will entail both the development and production of the aircraft and its associated ground systems.

...see
https://simpleflying.com/korean-air-sel ... e-program/
for more details.

[Stratofreighter]

https://www.skyliner-aviation.de/regdb. ... av4&page=4

Boeing 747 -8B5 40905 1507 HL7630 Korean Air ferried 04jun24 ICN-DAY, basic cs, for Sierra Nevada Corp / USAF, for E-4 conversion

[Bennie]

-800 = -8 AFAIK

[Stratofreighter]

...okay, edited , I "slashed two zero's/double O's" in the title....