A Boeing E-4B “Nightwatch” — one of four hardened, nuclear-survivable 747-200s that become the “National Airborne Operations Center” for the President and Secretary of Defense in a national emergency: shielded against the electromagnetic pulse of a nuclear blast, refuelable in flight to stay aloft for days, with one jet kept “cocked” on alert around the clock.
Airframe passport
The current identity we can safely join across FAA registration and movement records. Each claim keeps its source boundary visible.
no active registration
No active FAA rowThis query did not resolve to a current FAA registration.
Registry claim
Registered owner not listed in public registries.
No current FAA registry row matched this query.
Identity
Current tail
N740787
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Serial
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Aliases
740787
Registration
Owner
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Status
Unknown
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Airframe
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Seats
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Evidence history
A permanent timeline of exact-aircraft FAA observations. Registry changes and indexed filings share the chronology, but filings are not treated as the cause of a registry change.
Registry snapshot difference Exact-tail FAA document index
No registry history is loaded for this aircraft yet.
Where it flies
Every leg this tail has flown — brighter where it flies most. Home field is ringed.
Airport routes
Omaha, NE
Home base · 48% of legs
18
Airports visited
Camp Springs, MD ↔ Omaha, NE
Busiest corridor · 9 trips
74
Trips tracked · latest trip Aug 10, 2026
2025-06 → 2026-08
Tracked span
Flight history
Every tracked trip with route and shape. Event tags mark calendar-linked trips; documented rows have a published JetSweep story or research note.
74 trips · 80 legs
Ownership
Registered owner
U.S. Air Force
FAA registrant
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Attributed to
U.S. Air Force
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Owner class
military command
We track the aircraft, not who is aboard. Ownership reflects the FAA registrant; attribution and purpose, where shown, are tiered by evidence. Some tails are blocked from public display.
