USAF said Thursday that military and civilian personnel are cleared to head for Texas coastal naval stations. However, officials urged travelers to heed travel warnings from civilian agencies in areas damaged by Hurricane Rita.
The Air Force awarded a $13.08 billion contract to the Sierra Nevada Corporation on April 26 for its Survivable Airborne Operations Center aircraft, the successor to the service’s E-4B “Doomsday” plane. Like the E-4B, officially called the National Airborne Operations Center, the SAOC will be meant to withstand a nuclear attack and keep…