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)
• EB-47L

Ground

• Barksdale AFB, Louisiana (Command Post)
• Westover AFB, Massachusetts (Command Post)
• March AFB, California (Command Post)
• Grissom AFB, Indiana

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