An EC-135 Stratolifter aircraft refuels a second Stratolifter assuming the position of Looking Glass, the code name for the backup command and control post of Strategic Air Command (SAC). In the event that SAC's underground command center was destroyed by enemy attack, the crew of the flying command center would assume all functions from the air. Three Looking Glass sorties are flown daily by the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron (ACCS) and the 4th ACCS
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Scene Camera Operator: CHIEF MASTER SGT. Don Sutherland
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
01/01/1987
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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