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

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

From BBC

Because the operation would take place far from Israeli airspace, beyond Israel’s radar and radio range, the air force had to set up an airborne command post, in the form of a Boeing 707 fitted with radar and communications equipment.

From New York Times

Pentagon officials have long said the two planes served very different roles, with the F-35 providing more radar-evading features and serving as an airborne command post.

From The Wall Street Journal

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