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  "title": "Boeing E-6 Mercury",
  "summary": "The Boeing E-6 Mercury is an airborne command post and communications relay based on the Boeing 707-300. The original E-6A manufactured by Boeing's defense division entered service with the United States Navy in July 1989, replacing the EC-130Q. This platform, now modified to the E-6B standard, conveys instructions from the National Command Authority to fleet ballistic missile submarines, a mission known as TACAMO.",
  "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_E-6_Mercury",
  "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
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  "retrieved": "2026-10-11"
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  "attribution": "Drawing of the Boeing E-6B Mercury by AirwayControl Aircraft Library (https://aircraft.intelsystems.ai/aircraft/E6/), CC BY 4.0"
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 "source": "AirwayControl Aircraft Library",
 "updated": "2026-10-11"
}