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'Looking Glass' (or 'Operation Looking Glass') is a code name for an airplane operated by the United States Navy. Its mission is to provide command and control of U.S. nuclear forces in the event that ground-based command centers are destroyed or rendered inoperable. It took the nickname "Looking Glass" because the mission mirrored ground-based command, control, and communications.
The now-deactivated Strategic Air Command began the mission on February 3, 1961, using Boeing EC-135C aircraft. From that date an Air Force Looking Glass aircraft was in the air at all times 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, for almost 30 years.
On July 24, 1990, Looking Glass ceased continuous airborne alert but remained on ground or airborne alert 24 hours a day.
Today, the EC-135C has been replaced with the E-6 Mercury TACAMO commanded by USSTRATCOM.
On Oct. 1, 1998, the U.S. Navy's fleet of E-6Bs replaced the EC-135C in performing the "Looking Glass" mission flown for over 29 years by the U.S. Air Force. This new mission allows the President and the Secretary of Defense direct command and control capability with America's strategic forces of ballistic nuclear missile submarines, intercontinental nuclear missiles and strategic bombers. With the assumption of this new mission, a battle staff now flies with the TACAMO crew.[1]
★ TACAMO
★ Boeing EC-135
★ Boeing E-4 Advanced Airborne Command Post
★ E-6 Mercury
★ Decapitation strike
★ Continuity of Operations Plan
★ Single Integrated Operational Plan
★ Nuclear utilization target selection
1. http://www.tacamo.navy.mil/wing/index.asp
The now-deactivated Strategic Air Command began the mission on February 3, 1961, using Boeing EC-135C aircraft. From that date an Air Force Looking Glass aircraft was in the air at all times 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, for almost 30 years.
On July 24, 1990, Looking Glass ceased continuous airborne alert but remained on ground or airborne alert 24 hours a day.
Today, the EC-135C has been replaced with the E-6 Mercury TACAMO commanded by USSTRATCOM.
| Contents |
| Current status |
| See also |
| References |
Current status
On Oct. 1, 1998, the U.S. Navy's fleet of E-6Bs replaced the EC-135C in performing the "Looking Glass" mission flown for over 29 years by the U.S. Air Force. This new mission allows the President and the Secretary of Defense direct command and control capability with America's strategic forces of ballistic nuclear missile submarines, intercontinental nuclear missiles and strategic bombers. With the assumption of this new mission, a battle staff now flies with the TACAMO crew.[1]
See also
★ TACAMO
★ Boeing EC-135
★ Boeing E-4 Advanced Airborne Command Post
★ E-6 Mercury
★ Decapitation strike
★ Continuity of Operations Plan
★ Single Integrated Operational Plan
★ Nuclear utilization target selection
References
1. http://www.tacamo.navy.mil/wing/index.asp
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