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The '''Post Attack Command and Control System''' ('''PACCS''') was a network of communication sites (both ground and airborne) for use before, during and after a [[Nuclear warfare|nuclear attack]] on the United States. PACCS was designed to ensure that [[National Command Authority]] would retain sole, exclusive, and complete control over US [[nuclear weapon]]s. Among other components, it included [[Strategic Air Command]] assets such as the [[Looking Glass (airplane)|Looking Glass]] aircraft and mission, and various hardened [[command and control]] facilities.<ref>[http://www.sac-acca.org/paccs.htm Ogletree, Greg. "A History of the Post Attack Command and Control System"]{{dead link}}</ref>

The belief by the [[Soviet Union]] in the reliability of PACCS was a crucial component of the US [[mutual assured destruction]] doctrine, ensuring a long term [[stalemate]].

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===Airborne===

*[[E-4B]] National Emergency Airborne Command Post (NEACP)

**[[1st Airborne Command and Control Squadron]] - [[Offutt AFBAir Force Base]], [[Nebraska]]

*[[Boeing EC-135|EC-135]] Airborne Command Post (ABNCP) "Looking Glass"

**[[2d Airborne Command and Control Squadron]] - [[Offutt AFB]]Air Force Base, [[Nebraska]]

**[[4th Airborne Command and Control Squadron]] - [[Ellsworth AFBAir Force Base]], [[South Dakota]]

**[[22d Air Refueling Squadron]] - [[March ARB|MarchAir AFBForce Base]], [[California]]; West Auxiliary Command Post (West AUXCP) <ref>[http://2accs.com/history.html 2d Airborne Command and Control Squadron history]</ref>

***Ground Entry Point - Lamar, Colorado<REF name="paccs">[http://www.scribd.com/doc/115566349/Post-Attack-Command-and-Control-System-overview IRIS #010808041 - Post Attack Command and Control System overview]</REF>

**[[99th Air Refueling Squadron]] - [[Westover AFBAir Force Base]], [[Massachusetts]]; East Auxiliary Command Post (East AUXCP) <ref>Strategic Air Command Regulation 100-24 Vol III: SAC Communications System Operations/EWO Support Requirements, 6 Jul 1979</ref>

***Ground Entry Point - Plano, Illinois<REF name="paccs" />

**[[913th Air Refueling Squadron]] - [[Barksdale AFBAir Force Base]], [[Louisiana]]; Central Auxiliary Command Post (Central AUX)

***Ground Entry Point - Lyons, Nebraska<REF name="paccs" />

*[[B-47 Stratojet#B-47|EB-47L]]

**4362d Post Attack Command and Control Squadron - [[Lincoln AFBAir Force Base]], [[Nebraska]]<ref name="Lloyd">{{cite book |last1=Lloyd |first1=Alwyn T. |title=A Cold War Legacy: A Tribute to Strategic Air Command 1946-1992|date=January 15, 2000 |publisher=Pictorial Histories Publishing |___location=[[Missoula, Montana|Missoula]], [[Montana]] |isbn=1-57510-052-5 |oclc=44672618}}</ref>

**4363d Post Attack Command and Control Squadron - [[Lockborne AFBAir Force Base]], [[Ohio]]<ref name="Lloyd" />

**4364th Post Attack Command and Control Squadron - [[Mountain Home AFBAir Force Base]], [[Idaho]]<ref name="Lloyd" />

**4365th Post Attack Command and Control Squadron - [[Plattsburgh AFBAir Force Base]], [[New York]]<ref name="Lloyd" />

===Ground===

*[[ Barksdale AFB]]Air Force Base, [[Louisiana]] ([[8thSecond Air Force]] (later Eighth Air Force) Command Post)

*[[ Westover AFB]]Air Force Base, [[Massachusetts]] ([[8thEighth Air Force]] Combat Operations Center, aka [[Post Attack Command and Control System Facility, Hadley|"The Notch"]])<ref>[http://www.westoveryesterday.com/TheNotch.html Westover Yesterday: "The Notch and Grayson: Eighth Air Force's alternative command posts", no date]</ref>

*[[ March AFB]]Air Force Base, [[California]] ([[15thFifteenth Air Force]] Command Post)

*[[Grissom ARB|GrissomAir AFBForce Base]], [[Indiana]]

*[[ Offutt AFB]]Air Force Base, [[Nebraska]] ([[Strategic Air Command|SAC]] Headquarters)

**[[Headquarters Emergency Relocation Team]] (HERT) - Cornhusker Army Ammo Plant, [[Grand Island, Nebraska|Grand Island]], [[Nebraska]]<ref>[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coldwarcomms/message/17285?source=1&var=1 Yahoo! Groups: Cold War Comms Msg 17285, dated Jun 24, 2010]</REF>

===Communications===