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Fourth Plane for USAF SAOC Program Arrives at SNC’s Dayton Site

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Fourth Plane for USAF SAOC Program Arrives at SNC’s Dayton Site
Pictured is a a U.S. Air Force E-4B before a training sortie from Offutt AFB, Neb. on May 15 last year (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Nevada's SNC has received the fourth 747-8i at the company's Aviation Innovation and Technology Center (AITC) in Dayton, Ohio for the U.S. Air Force Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC) program, SNC said on Wednesday. A year ago, the Air Force awarded SNC an up to $13.1 billion contract for an E-4C SAOC to replace the Boeing [BA] E-4B “Nightwatch” fleet, based on the 747 passenger plane and used as a mobile national command authority in crisis situations, such as “doomsday” events (Defense…

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