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Operations Side:
Airborne Emergency Actions Officer:
- A General officer that would take charge of Strategic Air Command (SAC)
Forces when or if needed.
Operations Officer: - was responsible for
the mission. He/She directed the Battle Staff, Communications Team, and
Flight Crew and acted as a intermediary between the crew and the Airborne
Emergency Actions Officer, (AEAO) a General Officer. The Ops' Officer
was a certified member of the Emergency Actions Team and a Airborne Launch
Control System (ALCS).
Emergency Actions NCO: - A certified member
of the Emergency Actions Team. This team would send the messages to the
SAC forces if the SAC Command Center was unable.
Force Status NCO: - would track the status
of all Alert and non-alert ICMBs, SLBMs, Bombers, Tankers and brief the
AEAO and/or CINCSAC.
Communications Officer: - While part of the
Communications Team, the COMMO sat in the Battle Staff area during the
mission. They handled all communications to and from the aircraft.
Planning Side:
Intelligence Officer:
- briefed the entire battle staff on current intelligence matters, developed
threat assessments, and identified emerging threats to the United States.
Planning Officer: - the second in command,
headed the planning staff and advised the AEAO of the war plans available
to the President of the United States.
Logistic Officer and NCO:
- made sure that returning bomber and tanker forces had safe recovery
bases to provide medical attention, food, and rest for the crew and expeditious
repairs, refueling, and reloading for the aircraft.
Communications Team:
Radio 1: Was
responsible for establishing and maintaining the UHF air-to-ground, air-to-air,
KY-3 secure voice and Airborne Launch Control System links. The RO1 was
usually the senior comm team member.
Radio 2: Was
responsible for High Frequency radios for global connectivity and being
trained for RO1.
Radio Maintenance 2 or Airborne Performance Monitor:
Was responsible for
monitoring the quality and and smooth operation of the A-A/A-G mux links.
Also
verified that ALCS data was of good quality. After the AFSAT mod the APM
also
monitor satellite command changes to verify that they had been accepted
by the
satellite.
Radio Maintenance 1:
Was responsible for all of the communications
on the
aircraft an expert at his craft that could troubleshoot anything from
telephone
systems to satellites. This person
would also operate and tune the VLF/LF
transmitter.
Data: Maintained the
data circuit to HQ SAC SATIN Relay. This was the primary
source for record traffic. He could also establish data circuits with
other
WWABNCP aircraft over UHF or HF. He also operated the VLF/LF radio receivers
and modulator.
AFSAT 1 & 2: Operated
the Air Force SATellite COMmunications terminal which
provided clear and secure record communications with all of the WWABNCP
assets
and all SAC bombers, Missile LCFs and Wing CPs. An additional duty was
to
operate the VLF/LF Trailing Wire Antenna (TWA).
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