America’s flying ‘war room’ has been spotted taking off just 24 hours after a shocking meeting between the CIA and Russian officials in Moscow amid fears of World War III.
The US Air Force’s Boeing C-40B Clipper departed Washington DC Wednesday morning at 7.11am ET from Joint Base Andrews – a major military facility and the home base for Air Force One.
Often described as the military’s ‘war room’ or an ‘office in the sky,’ public flight-tracking websites have spotted the C-40B heading west over the center of the country, passing over Missouri and Kansas.
At around 10.30am ET, the plane landed at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Peterson is a critical hub for the defense of North America and for US space operations, providing headquarters or support for NORAD, US Space Command, US Northern Command and the Air Force Reserve’s 302nd Airlift Wing.
The C-40B’s main duty is to transport high-priority personnel, including Cabinet members, military commanders and other senior leaders to various locations.
It also provides secure, global communications capabilities for VIP passengers and special missions.
The secretive flight took off just a day after CIA director John Ratcliffe made a surprise trip to Moscow to meet with officials at the Kremlin.
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