Airborne command post, Minuteman Missile National Historic Site, 2016.

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Airborne command post, Minuteman Missile National Historic Site, 2016.

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Photo date unknown. Strategic Air Command (SAC) Airborne Command Post, called Looking Glass, was always manned. This command post in the sky would have command of the US nuclear deterrent force if anything happened to the SAC headquarters at Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha, NE.

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2016

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Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska

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National Parks Gallery

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https://npgallery.nps.gov/

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