Time To Bring Back Looking Glass Mission, Congressman Argues

Brian Everstine June 01, 2023

Two E-4Bs at Lincoln International Airport, Nebraska.

Credit: Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force should return to its Cold War-era practice of flying a nuclear command post 24/7, with a larger fleet of airborne operations centers procured in the next few years, a key lawmaker argues. The Air Force is in the early stages of the Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC)...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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