24 March 2025

US Air Force's 74-0787

74-0787 (c/n 20684, l/n 232), an E-4B Advanced Airborne Command Post (AACP), flying as TITAN29, is making a stop at HIK from ADW. This E-4B is transporting US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for visits to bases in the US Indo-Pacific Command theater. 74-0787 is assigned to the 1st Airborne Command and Control Squadron / 595th Command and Control Group, based out of Offutt AFB, OK.

These 50-year-old E-4Bs, built from the 747-200B airframe, will be replaced in several years by the 747-8s acquired from Korean Air, and is being converted by the Sierra Nevada Corp.

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