E-4B NEACP C/C Scale Model Airplane

Item#: CE4BTP

MSRP Price: $161.95

Factory Direct Price: $121.46

Wing Span: 12.00"
Length: 14.00"

Manufacturer: The Boeing Co.

Introducing Factory Direct Models E-4B NEACP C/C Military Aircraft, This Scale Model Aircraft was hand crafted with absolute precision using the finest Philippine Mahogany. Working from our library of blueprints, reference materials and their photographs, Factory Direct Models master artisans recreated this historic military warplane into an incredibly desktop display model.

Please note that the stand shown in this photograph may vary or change with the model you receive.

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E-4B NEACP C/C History:

Four E-4Bs are assigned to the 1st Airborne Command & Control Squadron, part of the 55th Wing at Offutt AFB, Nebraska. The practice of keeping a detachment with one E-4B on alert at Andrews AFB, Maryland, a short helicopter trip away from the White House, was discontinued in the late 1980s.

The E-4B uses the size and bulk of the familiar 747B airliner fuselage to accommodate the President (in his role as Commander-in-Chief of US forces) and key members of his battle staff on its 4,620 ft2 (429 m2) main deck, partitioned into five operating compartments. These are the flight crew section, NCA area (roughly a flying equivalent of the White House Situation Room), a conference room, battle staff area, and C3I (command, control, communications and intelligence) area. This main deck is 185 ft (56.4 m) in length, with a maximum width of 19 ft 6 in (5.94 m). A second deck provides a rest area for mission personnel.

This 'war readiness aircraft' is equipped with nuclear thermal shielding, hardening against EMP (electromagnetic pulse), LF/VLF (low frequency/very-low frequency) radios, and extensive satellite communications equipment. Included is equipment to tie into commercial telephone and radio networks to broadcast emergency messages to the general population. The current E-4B also has an SHF (super-high frequency) system with antennas housed in a distinctive dorsal blister. Every component of the aircraft, including engines, avionics and wiring, has been optimized for maximum flight duration.

On its awesome mission, the E-4B cruises typically at 580 mph (933 km/h), is refueled in flight, and meets a requirement to be capable of staying aloft for 72 hours. In actual war, even this duration could be extended to a full week. Like the Presidential VC-25A, which is the other Boeing 747 derivative in the inventory, the E-4B's sustainability aloft is limited only by oil lubricant of its engines. Power is provided by four 52,500-lb (233.53-kN) thrust General Electric F103-PW-100 (CF6-50-E2) turbofan engines.

Today, the E-4 mission is identified as NEACP (National Emergency Airborne Command Post), inevitably pronounced 'kneecap' by those who work on the aircraft.

The E-4 was developed to meet a requirement known as 481B for an airborne national command center. On 28 February 1973, a contract was awarded to Boeing for two E-4A airframes, with a third following soon after. The E-4A made its first flight without mission equipment on 13 June 1973. The sophisticated internal fit was added by E-Systems and the first E-4A was delivered in late 1974.

The E-4B version, with improved accommodations, upgraded engines and SHF system, commenced delivery of the fourth airplane in the series on 21 December 1979. This first E-4B entered service in December 1980, and the three remaining aircraft were subsequently upgraded to E-4B standard. Early plans for a total fleet of six aircraft were eventually reduced to four.

Despite the thawing of the Cold War, the USAF is expected to maintain its fleet of four E-4Bs (73-1676/1677; 74-0787; 75-0125), which has accumulated an impressive safety record in more than a decade of operations.