airborne command post

American  

noun

Military.

1. any of several converted commercial aircraft equipped with special communications and code gear, intended as flying bunkers for the president, secretary of defense, military commanders, or their designated replacements.

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Example Sentences

The Il-22 is an airborne command post, intended to oversee military operations and relay radio signal to troops on the front line.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 15, 2024

This is an airborne command post, from which troops can be controlled during combat.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2023

Interestingly enough, Mr. Blair is a former Minuteman missile launch-control officer and support man for the old Strategic Air Command’s “Looking Glass” airborne command post.

From Washington Times • Mar. 29, 2016

The Pentagon’s boss flies aboard an airborne command post originally built to run nuclear wars, crammed with scores of aides, and often escorted by mid-air refuelling tankers.

From Economist • Aug. 14, 2014

An hour’s rental of an airborne command post — which in the event of nuclear war would serve as Air Force One — costs $72,000 for a movie the Pentagon wants to support.

From Washington Post • Aug. 19, 2012