Post-Attack Command and Control System

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 attack.

Components

Airborne

• EC-135 Airborne Command Post (ABNCP) "Looking Glass"
• E-4B National Emergency Airborne Command Post (NEACP)
• Specially modified B-47

Ground

• Barksdale AFB, Louisiana Command Post
• Westover AFB, Massachusetts Command Post
• March AFB, California Command Post

See also

• Survivable Low Frequency Communications System (SLFCS)
• Ground Wave Emergency Network (GWEN)
• Minimum Essential Emergency Communications Network (MEECN)
• Emergency Rocket Communications System (ERCS)

References