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Sen. Angus King departs the E-4B National Airborne Operations Center (NAOC), following a tour of the aircraft at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Feb. 29, 2016. In addition to the tour, King, fellow Sens. Joe Donnelly and Martin Heinrich, and congressional staffers flew aboard the NAOC to learn about the capabilities of the aircraft and participated in a nuclear mission overview exercise sponsored by the Joint Staff and the Department of Defense. The NAOC provides a flying command, control and communications center for the president, secretary of defense, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff to direct U.S. forces, execute emergency war orders and coordinate actions by civil authorities. One of nine DoD unified combatant commands, USSTRATCOM has global strategic missions, assigned through the Unified Command Plan, which include 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. (DoD photo by Army Staff Sgt. Sean K. Harp)
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Sen. Angus King departs the E-4B National Airborne Operations Center (NAOC), following a tour of the aircraft at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Feb. 29, 2016. In addition to the tour, King, fellow Sens. Joe Donnelly and Martin Heinrich, and congressional staffers flew aboard the NAOC to learn about the capabilities of the aircraft and participated in a nuclear mission overview exercise sponsored by the Joint Staff and the Department of Defense. The NAOC provides a flying command, control and communications center for the president, secretary of defense, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff to direct U.S. forces, execute emergency war orders and coordinate actions by civil authorities. One of nine DoD unified combatant commands, USSTRATCOM has global strategic missions, assigned through the Unified Command Plan, which include 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. (DoD photo by Army Staff Sgt. Sean K. Harp)


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