Editing Boeing C-32 (section)

=== Equipment and capabilities ===
[[File:C32-B_air_to_air_UARRSI.jpg|thumb|A C-32B during [[aerial refueling]], viewed from a [[McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender|KC-10]]]]

The C-32Bs serve as on-call global transport. They differ significantly from their VIP-carrying counterparts, outfitted with advanced communications and designed for ultra long-range capability. Most cargo must be stored in the rear of the aircraft as enlarged fuel tanks replace much of the below-deck cargo hold, extending the aircraft's unrefueled maximum range to {{convert|6000|nmi|mi km|lk=on|abbr=on}}.<ref name=":02" /> The craft also have an [[aerial refueling]] capability via an unmarked, unilluminated conformal Universal Aerial Refueling Receptacle Slipway Installation (UARRSI) located atop the [[fuselage]], {{Convert|9|ft|m}} behind the cockpit windows, allowing the planes to remain airborne nearly indefinitely.<ref>{{Cite web|date=May 2008|title=Aerial Refueling - Fixed Wing Receivers - PART 5, ANNEX Z: National Annex - United States of America|url=http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafiles/8161b63e_1143_ec82_2e937cbe224e97af.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081107032221/http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafiles/8161b63e_1143_ec82_2e937cbe224e97af.pdf|archive-date=November 7, 2008|website=[[British Royal Air Force]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=February 27, 2008|title=Foreign Emergency Support Team (FEST) Boeing C-32B (757-23A) at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJ|url=https://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/foreign-emergency-support-team-fest-boeing-c-32b-757-23a/view/google/ |access-date=2020-10-25|website=Virtual Globetrotting|language=en}}</ref> The aircraft are also fitted with an [[airstair]] allowing passengers to deplane without access to a [[jet bridge]] or [[Ground support equipment|stair truck]], a heavy and uncommon modification in modern commercial aviation.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jacobson|first=James A.|author-link=James A. Jacobson|date=July 27, 2020|title=Air Force Manual 11-2C-32B Volume 2|url=https://static.e-publishing.af.mil/production/1/af_a3/publication/afman11-2c-32bv2/afman11-2c-32bv2.pdf# |website=[[United States Air Force]]|pages=41–42}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Boeing 757 Integral Airstairs - Airliners.net|url=https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=749305|access-date=2021-06-05|website=www.airliners.net}}</ref> For additional support in austere environments, the aircraft are also fitted with a winch-based baggage loading system, designed to load baggage at airfields that do not have adequate material handling equipment available.<ref name=":9">{{Cite book|last=Kelly|first=Mark D.|url=https://static.e-publishing.af.mil/production/1/af_a3/publication/afman11-2c-32bv3/afman11-2c-32bv3.pdf|title=Air Force Manual 11-2C-32B|publisher=[[United States Air Force]]|year=2020|pages=85|author-link=Mark D. Kelly}}</ref>

In 2014, the C-32Bs received audio and visual equipment upgrades, in addition to installation of upgraded satellite communications systems and secure Ku bandwidth communications management systems to replace commercial-grade [[Inmarsat]] installations, in use since 2002.<ref name=":1" /> Around the same time, the craft acquired an additional protruding fairing on the roof of the rear of the craft.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Foreign Emergency Support Team (FEST)|url=https://www.state.gov/foreign-emergency-support-team/|access-date=2021-06-11|website=United States Department of State|language=en}}</ref> Similar modifications have appeared on the C-32As, the presidential [[Boeing VC-25|VC-25As]], the [[Boeing E-4|E-4B]] and [[Boeing E-6 Mercury|E-6]] “doomsday planes”, and the [[Battlefield Airborne Communications Node|E-11A BACN]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Rogoway|first=Tyler|date=May 22, 2017|title="Air Force One" Jet Reemerges With Upgraded Communications For World Trip|url=https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/10470/air-force-one-jet-reemerges-with-upgraded-communications-for-world-trip |access-date=2021-06-11|website=The Drive|language=en}}</ref> The protrusion reportedly houses [[Northrop Grumman]]’s Multi-Role Tactical Common Data Link (MR-TCDL), a [[Ka band|Ka]] and [[Ku band|Ku]] band telecommunications suite designed for war zones but which has proved to be just as relevant over a disaster zone as a battlefield.<ref name=":0" /> The system functions as a flying wireless router and server, providing communications where traditional communications infrastructure is unavailable.<ref name=":0" /> Budget requests show that around 2016 the cockpit avionics were upgraded to include [[Head-up display|head up displays]].<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|date=2016|title=Weapons Systems Modernization Priorities 2016|url=https://www.ang.af.mil/Portals/77/documents/ang_priorities_books/AFD-160404-028.pdf |website=[[United States Air National Guard]]}}</ref> Depot level maintenance on the C-32B is performed by [[Big Safari]] (the 645th Aeronautical Systems Squadron).<ref name="Big Safari">{{Cite book|last=Kelly|first=Mark D.|url=https://static.e-publishing.af.mil/production/1/af_a3/publication/afman11-2c-32bv3/afman11-2c-32bv3.pdf|title=Air Force Manual 11-2C-32B|publisher=[[United States Air Force]]|year=2020|pages=17|author-link=Mark D. Kelly}}</ref>

According to Air Force Manual 11-2C-32B (2020), at least two members of the C-32B aircrew are always armed.<ref name=":9" />