EC-135C "Looking Glass" Aircraft: 63-8049
- Subject:
Boeing EC-135C Looking Glass
US Air Force (1947-now)
2 ACCS, 55 SRW 63-8049 Midnight Express
Offutt AFB, NE- Skala:
- 1:72
- Status:
- Idee
- Rozpoczęte:
- September 13, 2018
The Boeing EC-135 was a command and control version of the Boeing C-135 Stratolifter. During the Cold War, the EC-135 was best known for being modified to perform the Looking Glass mission where one EC-135 was always airborne 24 hours a day to serve as flying command post for the Strategic Air Command in the event of nuclear war. Various other EC-135 aircraft sat on airborne and ground alert throughout the Cold War, with the last EC-135C being retired in 1998.
The Boeing EC-135 Looking Glass aircraft is a conversion of the basic C-135/KC-135 family of aircraft for the strategic command and control mission. This airborne command post function provides a survivable means of command and control in the event that SAC underground command center, alternate command posts, or ground-based communications are lost. It also provides an alternate method to launch the Minuteman/Peacekeeper missiles if ground launch control centers are destroyed.
Each airborne command post aircraft carries a battle staff and variety of communications equipment. The SAC Airborne Command Post was on airborne alert around the clock from February 3, 1961 until July 24, 1990.
When airborne, the battle staff, headed by a SAC general officer, monitors several communications systems and maintains contact with the SAC underground and alternate command posts, the national Military Command Centers, and the SAC alert forces.
About Our C-135(EC), S/N 63-8049 : The Air Force accepted aircraft S/N 63-8049 on October 24, 1964. Below are the unit assignments of this aircraft:
October 24, 1964- To 499 Air Refueling Wing (SAC), Westover AFB, Massachusetts
September 18, 1966- To Offutt AFB, Nebraska
May 23, 1967- To 2nd Bomb Wing (SAC), Barksdale, Louisiana
October 1, 1967- To 499 Air Refueling Wing (SAC), Westover AFB, Massachusetts
January 29, 1970- To 55 Strategic Reconnaissance Wing (SAC), Offutt AFB, Nebraska
June 8, 1973- To 28th Bomb Wing (SAC), Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota
January 4, 1974- To 55 Strategic Reconnaissance Wing (SAC), Offutt AFB, Nebraska
July 1, 1981- To 28th Bomb Wing (SAC), Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota
November 25, 1981- To 55 Strategic Reconnaissance Wing (SAC), Offutt AFB, Nebraska
March 2, 1993- Dropped from inventory by transfer to the Strategic Air & Space Museum.
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