Description: NIGHTWATCH - 25 YEARS - 1961-1986 - BOEING E-4B - FLYING COMMAND POST - COLD WAR + SAC END OF AN ERA! This is the real deal, genuine period patch NOT an Overseas Knockoff!; Reproduction! or Fakes! Heritage Color Patch Condition is NEW Embroidered Patch with Merrowed Edge NO GLUE on back of patch! Note#1: Attached are color images for information purposes only, free on the NET! Note#2: The unit patch has not been worn on a USAF uniform for 38 years Color Unit Patches came off the USAF utility uniforms during the late 1970s After mid 1985 Color patches were worn only on Duty Flight Suites & Flight Jackets 1st. Airborne Command & Control Squadron (1st. ACCS) is operational from 1969 to Present 2nd. Airborne Command & Control Squadron (2nd. AACS) was operational from 1970 to 1994 Unit is stationed at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska Assigned: 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing/Strategic Air Command Emblem Approved: 8 August 1969 Nickname: Nightwatch & Doomsday Plane Operational Aircraft: Boeing E-4B Advanced Airborne Command Post (AACP), the current "Nightwatch" aircraft, is a strategic command & control military aircraft flying command post operated by the 1st. ACCS. One E-4B Nightwatch aircraft was kept on continuous flying alert during Operation Looking Glass from 1974 to 1998 Nightwatch Operational Squadrons - Operation Looking Glass/Nightwatch: - 1st. Airborne Command & Control Squadron - Boeing E-4B - (1974-Present) - 2st Airborne Command & Control Squadron - Boeing EC-135 - (1970-1994) - 7th Airborne Command & Control Squadron - Boeing EC-135H - (1994-1998) Unit Awards & Decorations: - Awarded Six Air Force Meritorious Unit Awards - Earned 12 Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards - Awarded Six Campaign Streamers - WW-1 - Awarded One Campaign Streamer - WW-2 Looking Glass History: It was initiated by the U.S. Air Force's Strategic Air Command (SAC) in 1961 & was operated by three different squadrons during its history. The Looking Glass aircraft were airborne 24 hours a day for over 29 years, until July 24, 1990, when "The Glass" ceased continuous airborne alert, but remained on ground alert 24 hours a day. USAF Looking Glass operational time span was from 1961 to 1998, 37 years. In June 1992, the United States Strategic Command took over the Looking Glass mission from the Strategic Air Command, as SAC was disbanded & Strategic Command assumed the nuclear deterrence mission Boeing E-4 first flight, 13 June 1973, introduced to active service 1974, number built Four.
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Location: San Antonio, Texas
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Type: USAF Patch
Force: Air Force
Theme: Militaria
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