Korean Air Sells 5 Boeing 747s To US Air Force Contractor For New $13 Billion Doomsday Plane Program

Korean Air has signed a deal with Nevada-based defense contractor Sierra Nevada Corp over the sale of five Boeing 747-8s. The latter company was recently awarded a $13 billion contract to develop the next Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC), or “Doomsday Plane”, for the United States Air Force (USAF).