AMERICA'S TEAM - OPERATIONAL TEAM #1- NIGHTWATCH - BOEING E-4B + COMMAND POST!

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AMERICA'S TEAM - OPERATIONAL TEAM #1
NIGHTWATCH - BOEING E-4B FLYING COMMAND POST
POST COLD WAR  + END OF AN ERA!
Color
PVC
Patch
Condition is
NEW, has Velcro on back of patch
Note#1: Attached are color images for information purposes only, free on the NET!
Note#2: PVC Patch Glow under Ultraviolet Light (UV)
Motto: :Custodes Pacis", Latin for Guardians of Peace
1st. Airborne Command & Control Squadron (1st. ACCS) is operational from 1969 to Present
Unit is stationed at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska
Assigned: 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing/Strategic Air Command
Emblem Approved: 8 August 1969
Nickname: Nightwatch & Doomsday Plane
Operational Aircraft: Boeing E-4B Advanced Airborne Command Post (AACP), the current
"Nightwatch" aircraft, is a strategic command & control military aircraft flying command
post operated by the 1st. ACCS.
One E-4B Nightwatch aircraft was kept on continuous flying alert during Operation
Looking Glass from 1974 to 1998
Unit Awards & Decorations:
- Awarded Six Air Force Meritorious Unit Awards
- Earned 12 Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards
- Awarded Six Campaign Streamers - WW-1
- Awarded One Campaign Streamer - WW-2
Looking Glass History: It was initiated by the U.S. Air Force's Strategic Air Command (SAC)
in
1961 & was operated by three different squadrons during its history.
The Looking Glass aircraft were airborne 24 hours a day for over 29 years, until
July 24, 1990, when "The Glass" ceased continuous airborne alert, but remained
on ground alert 24 hours a day.
USAF Looking Glass operational time span was from 1961 to 1998, 37 years.
In June 1992, the United States Strategic Command took over the Looking Glass
mission from the Strategic Air Command, as SAC was disbanded & Strategic Command
assumed the nuclear deterrence mission
Boeing E-4 first flight, 13 June 1973, introduced to active service 1994, number built Four.