Operation Looking Glass
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Looking Glass is the historic code name for an airborne command and control center operated by the United States. Since 2016 it has been referred to as the ABNCP. It provides command and control of U.
A Boeing EC-135C Looking Glass
Gen. Richard Ellis, CINCSAC, in battle staff compartment, 1979
Early Looking Glass battle staff
Looking Glass battle staff, 1973
Boeing EC-135
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The Boeing EC-135 is a retired family of command and control aircraft derived from the Boeing C-135 Stratolifter. During the Cold War, the EC-135 was best known for being modified to perform the Looki
Operation Looking Glass
…mission mirrors ground-based command, control, and communications (C3 or C³) located at the USSTRATCOM Global Operations Center (GOC) at Offutt AFB. The EC-135 Looking Glass aircraft were equipped with the Airborne Launch Control System, capable of transmitting launch commands to U.S. ground-based intercontinental…
EC-135A ALCC
EC-135G at Ellsworth AFB in South Dakota