VLF Radio Warning, EC-135G
Boeing EC-135G, USAF s/n 62-3570 (c/n 18553)
"R.F. RADIATION" markings with red and white stripes surround the area from which the Very Low Frequency (VLF) trailing wire antenna was mounted. High-powered VLF radio equipment allowed command and control aircraft to communicate with ballistic missile submarines.
This aircraft was originally delivered as a KC-135A, and later modified for Post Attack Command Control System (PACCS) service.
PACCS ensured that the National Command Authority could maintain command and control in the event of a nuclear war. See:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-Attack_Command_and_Control_System
Photographed at Davis-Monthan AFB
January 2000
(Scanned 35mm color negative)
VLF Radio Warning, EC-135G
Boeing EC-135G, USAF s/n 62-3570 (c/n 18553)
"R.F. RADIATION" markings with red and white stripes surround the area from which the Very Low Frequency (VLF) trailing wire antenna was mounted. High-powered VLF radio equipment allowed command and control aircraft to communicate with ballistic missile submarines.
This aircraft was originally delivered as a KC-135A, and later modified for Post Attack Command Control System (PACCS) service.
PACCS ensured that the National Command Authority could maintain command and control in the event of a nuclear war. See:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-Attack_Command_and_Control_System
Photographed at Davis-Monthan AFB
January 2000
(Scanned 35mm color negative)