Overview
- Airport officials said the E-6B practiced approaches over Fresno for about two hours last weekend, marking a second sighting in roughly two months.
- The aircraft is a Boeing E-6B Mercury used for presidential emergency operations and strategic communications during national crises.
- Major General Garrison said the platform can direct bombers, land-based missiles and ballistic missile submarines.
- The E-6B can stay airborne for about 12 hours without refueling and can refuel in flight to extend its endurance.
- Coverage places the sighting in the context of intensified U.S. strikes on Iran, with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth forecasting the most intense day of strikes on Tuesday and HRANA reporting 1,761 deaths since February 28, including 1,245 civilians and 194 children.