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Boeing E-6 Mercury

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The Boeing E-6 Mercury (formerly E-6 Hermes) is an airborne command post and communications relay based on the Boeing 707-320. The original E-6A manufactured by Boeing's defense division entered service with the United States Navy in July 1989, replacing the EC-130Q. It conveyed instructions from the National Command Authority to fleet ballistic missile submarines, a mission known as TACAMO (Take Charge and Move Out). The E-6B model deployed in October 1998 kept this role, but added further command post capabilities and control of land-based missiles and nuclear-armed bombers. The E-6B replaced Air Force EC-135Cs in the "Looking Glass" role, providing command and control of U.S. nuclear forces should ground-based control become inoperable. With production lasting until 1991, the E-6 was th The E-6 was developed in the 1980s and first flew on February 19, 1987. It entered service two years later, replacing the US Navy's EC-130 fleet. The E-6 was known as Hermes until 1991, when it was renamed Mercury. It is used as an airborne command post for the United States Strategic Command, instructing the various components of the US Armed Forces, from nuclear submarines to bombers. It has been codenamed Looking Glass, and continues to serve in this role today. 16 have been built.

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The Boeing E-6 Mercury (formerly E-6 Hermes) is an airborne command post and communications relay based on the Boeing 707-320. The original E-6A manufactured by Boeing's defense division entered service with the United States Navy in July 1989, replacing the EC-130Q. It conveyed instructions from the National Command Authority to fleet ballistic missile submarines, a mission known as TACAMO (Take Charge and Move Out). The E-6B model deployed in October 1998 kept this role, but added further command post capabilities and control of land-based missiles and nuclear-armed bombers. The E-6B replaced Air Force EC-135Cs in the "Looking Glass" role, providing command and control of U.S. nuclear forces should ground-based control become inoperable. With production lasting until 1991, the E-6 was the final derivative of the Boeing 707 to be built. The E-6 was developed in the 1980s and first flew on February 19, 1987. It entered service two years later, replacing the US Navy's EC-130 fleet. The E-6 was known as Hermes until 1991, when it was renamed Mercury. It is used as an airborne command post for the United States Strategic Command, instructing the various components of the US Armed Forces, from nuclear submarines to bombers. It has been codenamed Looking Glass, and continues to serve in this role today. 16 have been built.