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    The Airborne Launch Control System (ALCS) provides a survivable launch capability for the United States Air Force's LGM-30G Minuteman III intercontinental...
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    Missile (ICBM) force by utilizing the Airborne Launch Control System (ALCS) on board which is operated by an airborne missileer crew. Historically, from...
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    The Airborne Launch Control System operations flight provides combat forces for the United States Strategic Command Operation Looking Glass Airborne Command...
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    An airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) system is an airborne radar early warning system designed to detect aircraft, ships, vehicles, missiles...
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    Looking Glass aircraft were equipped with the Airborne Launch Control System, capable of transmitting launch commands to U.S. ground-based intercontinental...
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    Airborne Launch Control Centers (ALCC) provide a survivable launch capability for the Minuteman force by utilizing the Airborne Launch Control System...
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  • strategic communications system Airborne Launch Control System – US Strategic Command platform for survivable launch control system for ballistic missile...
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    LGM-30 Minuteman (category Embedded systems)
    The Airborne Launch Control System (ALCS) is an integral part of the Minuteman ICBM command and control system and provides a survivable launch capability...
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  • Missile combat crew (category Nuclear command and control)
    part of a Missile Combat Crew-Airborne (MCC-A) operating the Airborne Launch Control System which provides a survivable launch capability for the Minuteman...
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    inactivated on 5 July. In 1967, the Airborne Launch Control System (ALCS) was created to provide a survivable launch capability for the Minuteman ICBM force...
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    The 4th was the workhorse of Airborne Launch Control System (ALCS) operations. Three dedicated Airborne Launch Control Centers (ALCC) (pronounced "Al-see")...
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    The Post Attack Command and Control System (PACCS) was a network of communication sites (both ground and airborne) for use before, during and after a...
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    The United States Air Force's 2d Airborne Command and Control Squadron was an airborne command and control unit located at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska...
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    Boeing E-6 Mercury (category 1980s United States command and control aircraft)
    in October 1998 has the ability to remotely control Minuteman ICBMs using the Airborne Launch Control System. The E-6B replaced Air Force EC-135Cs in the...
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    Missile (ICBM) force by utilizing the Airborne Launch Control System (ALCS) on board that is operated by an airborne missileer crew. Historically, from 1967...
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    Boeing E-4 Advanced Airborne Command Post (AACP), the current "Nightwatch" aircraft, is a series of strategic command and control military aircraft operated...
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    Strategic Communications Wing One (category United States nuclear command and control)
    airframe, the E-6 Mercury upgraded with the Airborne Launch Control System (ALCS) have also assumed the airborne command post mission for the United States...
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    DRDO Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEW&CS) is a project of India's Defence Research and Development Organisation to develop an airborne early...
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  • deployed in October 1998 can also remotely control Minuteman ICBMs using the Airborne Launch Control System. With production lasting until 1991, the E-6...
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    version of ERCS, relaying launch codes instead of messages Post-Attack Command and Control System (PACCS) Airborne Launch Control System (ALCS) Ground Wave Emergency...
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  • This article lists airborne command and control squadrons of the United States Air Force. List of United States Air Force squadrons...
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  • Emergency Rocket Communications System (ERCS) deployed 1967 Squadron 20 turnover Force Mod at Wing IV Airborne Launch Control System goes on alert 1968 Hard rock...
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    of orbital launch systems Airborne aircraft carrier Lockheed C-5 Galaxy launch of LGM-30 Minuteman North American X-15 earliest air-launched, crewed, sub-orbital...
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  • from unmanned surveillance aircraft (UAV), pictures from airborne warning and control systems (AWACS) to decision makers on the ground and providing intelligence...
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    ASP-PVD-21 HMS originally used on Su-27. IFF and airborne radar are also controlled by SUV-VEP system. SUV-P: this air-to-ground subsystem utilizes identical...
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    Center (ALCC) aircraft on forward deployed alert at MAFB for Airborne Launch Control System (ALCS) coverage of Minuteman ICBM Wings at Malmstrom AFB, MT;...
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    upgrade to the E-6B, the TACAMO aircraft—with the addition of an Airborne Launch Control System (ALCS)—took over the EC-135 Looking Glass mission formerly conducted...
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  • Collecting Society, a British organization for writers Airborne Launch Control System, the method of launching ICBMs during a nuclear attack Search for "alcs"...
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    Wyoming (1987–2005). Airborne Missileers operating the Common Airborne Launch Control System onboard Airborne Launch Control Center aircraft provided...
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    attempted launch of a Minuteman II ICBM by means of the Airborne Launch Control System (ALCS) title tbd (Section I: Communications Systems Description)...
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