U.S. Navy Boeing E-6B Mercury.
Registration: 163918.
The Boeing E-6B Mercury is the successor to two separate aircraft and combines the duties of Strategic Command's aging Boeing EC-135 Looking Glass Airborne Command Post (ABNCP) and the U.S. Navy's E-6A Take Charge And Move Out (TACAMO) communications relay task.
This photo was taken on 16 July 2018 during the departure day of the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford.
I am Jaap van den Berg and photography has become a great passion of mine since 2010. Since then I travel all over the world to take pictures of military aircrafts. But besides aircraft I also love to photograph other subjects like landscapes, architecture, flowers, animals, .. Read more…