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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Operation Looking Glass (redirect from Airborne National Command Post)
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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Boeing EC-135 (redirect from Boeing EC-135H Airborne Command Post)
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 (redirect from Advanced Airborne Command Post)
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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Doomsday plane (redirect from National Airborne Operations Center)
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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LGM-30 Minuteman chronology (section Test launches)
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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Air Force Network (redirect from Integrated Air Command and Control System)
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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Sukhoi Su-30MKK (section Fire control system)
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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TACAMO (redirect from Take control and move out)
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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