15/05/2026
LOOKING GLASS “In Extremis Paratum”
Since 1960, the men and women of United States Strategic Command and its supporting entities have stood the watch 24/7/365 aboard LOOKING GLASS. The current aircraft is a heavily modified Boeing 707 flown and operated by United States Navy STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS WING ONE in conjunction with a United States Strategic Command Joint Battle Staff.
The mission of LOOKING GLASS is to provide assured and uninterrupted communications, command, and control between strategic forces and the President, Secretary of War, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Commander of United States Strategic Command.
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