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U.S. Navy Adm. Cecil D. Haney, U.S. Strategic Command commander, speaks during the Strategic Air and Space Museum's EC-135, tail number 63-8049, "Looking Glass" aircraft restoration kickoff event, Ashland, Neb., March 13, 2015. The airframe was used by Strategic Air Command from 1964 through 1990 to provide a survivable aerial command and control platform in the event that underground command centers, alternate command posts, or ground-based communications were lost. The EC-135 also served as an alternate method to launch the Minuteman/Peacekeeper missiles if needed. After its final continuous mission on July 24, 1990, the 63-8049 spent nearly three years on ground alert duty before being transferred to the Strategic Air and Space Museum on March 2, 1993. SAC was disestablished June 1, 1992, and USSTRATCOM was created Oct. 1, 1992 and given responsibility for the nation's strategic forces. Today, USSTRATCOM is one of nine DoD unified combatant commands and is charged with strategic deterrence, space operations, cyberspace operations, joint electronic warfare, global strike, missile defense, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, combating weapons of mass destruction, and analysis and targeting. (USSTRATCOM photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jonathan Lovelady) More photos on Flickr at https://www.flickr.com/photos/usstratcom/sets/72157651330102211/
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U.S. Navy Adm. Cecil D. Haney, U.S. Strategic Command commander, speaks during the Strategic Air and Space Museum's EC-135, tail number 63-8049, "Looking Glass" aircraft restoration kickoff event, Ashland, Neb., March 13, 2015. The airframe was used by Strategic Air Command from 1964 through 1990 to provide a survivable aerial command and control platform in the event that underground command centers, alternate command posts, or ground-based communications were lost. The EC-135 also served as an alternate method to launch the Minuteman/Peacekeeper missiles if needed. After its final continuous mission on July 24, 1990, the 63-8049 spent nearly three years on ground alert duty before being transferred to the Strategic Air and Space Museum on March 2, 1993. SAC was disestablished June 1, 1992, and USSTRATCOM was created Oct. 1, 1992 and given responsibility for the nation's strategic forces. Today, USSTRATCOM is one of nine DoD unified combatant commands and is charged with strategic deterrence, space operations, cyberspace operations, joint electronic warfare, global strike, missile defense, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, combating weapons of mass destruction, and analysis and targeting. (USSTRATCOM photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jonathan Lovelady) More photos on Flickr at https://www.flickr.com/photos/usstratcom/sets/72157651330102211/


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